Hollywood Party / Daughter of Shanghai - Harvard Film Archive

Tuesday | November 7, 2006 9:00 pm

Hollywood Party

Directed by Roy Rowland

Daughter of Shanghai

Directed by Robert Florey

Screening on Film

Hollywood Party

Directed by Roy Rowland.
With Clark Gable, Joan Bennett, Joe E. Brown.
US, 1937, 35mm, black & white, 21 min.

This rare Technicolor footage of Wong shows the actress modeling fashions acquired during her recent trip to China.

Daughter of Shanghai

Directed by Robert Florey.
With Philip Ahn, Larry “Buster” Crabbe, Anthony Quinn, Anna May Wong.
US, 1937, 35mm, black & white, 61 min.
Print source: Library of Congress

This action-packed thriller is about a woman trying to avenge her murdered father and destroy a gang of immigrant smugglers. It is unusual for its time, featuring two top-billed Asian co-stars (Wong and Ahn).

September 26 – November 15, 2006

Centennial Starlets: Anna May Wong and Janet Gaynor

February 2–April 27

The Complete Stanley Kubrick

February 14–May 9

Community in Cinema

March 6–April 18

Crime Scenes as History. Five Korean Films

March 13–21

The Lady and the Typewriter

March 27–April 24

Sixties Shinoda

April 3

From the Collection – Bob Hoskins

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Tarr / Krasznahorkai

May 4–10

Little Fugitive

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The Spring is Over (Prague 1970)