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King of Chinatown

A King of Chinatown poster shows Anna May Wong on top as Akim Tamiroff and J. Carrol Naish are sitting on a chair at the bottom left.

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Acknowledged as Hollywood’s first Asian American film star, Anna May Wong had top billing in 1939’s King of Chinatown. Disillusioned by Hollywood’s practice of “yellowface,” or casting white actors for Asian roles, she left the US for a time to work in Europe.

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