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Daughter of Shanghai (1937)

Name: Daughter of Shanghai (1937)
Start: 2023-09-14T19:00:00-04:00
End: 2023-09-14T21:30:00-04:00
Location: GE Theatre at Proctors

September 14, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Created as a star vehicle for Anna May Wong, the B-movie thriller Daughter of Shanghai (1937) is notable for featuring two Asian American actors as sympathetic leads. Wong and Philip Ahn, Hollywood’s first Asian American G-man, unmask white villainy in their investigation of a smuggling ring of undocumented immigrants. With Charles Bickford, Buster Crabbe, Cecil Cunningham, J. Carrol Naish and a young Anthony Quinn as one of the thuggish smugglers.

1937. Not rated. Run time: 62 minutes.

A part of the “Breathing Fire: A Celebration of Anna May Wong” Series, Daughter of Shanghai will be introduced by Megan Ferry, Professor of Chinese at Union College.