1. Anna Huang Meier is a third generation Chinese American.
Although the contemporary media often characterize Huang Liushuang as a native of China-1938, Look magazine even called her "the most beautiful China girl in the world"-she is actually a third-generation Chinese-American, born in Los Angeles, with the name "Wong Liu". She has been a movie fan and an aspiring actress since she was a child. She came up with the stage name "Huang Liushuang" when she was 1 1.
Her love of movies earned her the nickname "Curious".
Huang grew up in Los Angeles, and she hopes to participate in the booming film industry as much as possible. She often played truant and sneaked into the shooting scene to watch the work of the staff, which earned her a nickname: CCC, or "Curious China Child".
"I will play truant from school to watch the staff work, even though I know I will be whipped by my teacher and then by my father," Wang said. "I will walk through the crowd and get as close to the camera as possible. I will pay attention to these charming people, directors, photographers, assistants and actors who come to some of our towns to shoot movies. "
Wang starred in the first color film (with an asterisk).
Actress Ann Huang Mei.
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Most people think of the color * * *, and they may think of the Wizard of Oz in 1939-but the first color * * * was actually released seven years ago. Called Ocean Charge, it was played by a 17-year-old Huang in her first protagonist. The asterisk comes from The Price of the Sea, which is the first widely circulated color movie * * *-a movie called The Bay Between was released earlier, but it needs a special projector to show it, so it has not been widely released.
She was also the first Asian to appear in a Hollywood movie.
In addition to becoming her first major role, Huang Xi made history with The Price of the Sea, becoming the first Asian to win the highest box office in Hollywood movies. This film is adapted from the story of Madame Butterfly, which tells the story of an American man's love affair with a dignified but ultimately tragic China heroine. This metaphor shows that Wang found herself returning many times in her career. Madame Butterfly was once adapted into a movie, but it was starred by mary pickford, a superstar of the sound age.
She wants to stand on the other side of the camera.
1924 In March, Ms. Huang, who was only 19 years old, founded the film industry with the goal of making movies based on the legendary story of China. Alas, the project never came true, thanks to an improper transaction with a business partner and two lawsuits, which brought the whole project to a standstill.
6. Huang is half an Asian-American couple in the first talking film.
According to Hye Seung Chung of Hollywood Asians: Philip Ann and Transnational Politics, in 1937 Daughter of Shanghai, Huang and Korean-American actor Philip Ann became "the first Asian-American romantic couple to express themselves with their voices in Hollywood movies". Many media speculated that Huang He 'an was a childhood friend. Huang refuted this rumor, saying that marrying Ann was "like marrying my brother".
She has never been married, but that didn't stop the newspaper from spreading rumors.
Faye Wong had romantic relationships with several men in her life-including todd Browning, the director of Vampires and Freaks, and Eric Maswitz, a British artist (it is reported that he wrote a song about her, Reminds me of you)-but these relationships have not been clearly proved. Huang has never been married, although 1936 stayed in Tokyo and told reporters that she married "my art", which made her a little confused. Later, the local newspaper reported that she married a Cantonese businessman named Yi.
8. Huang is outspoken about the racial discrimination she experienced in Hollywood.
A publicity photo is still from Shanghai Express.
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Throughout her life, Huang has been outspoken about the restrictions of racism on her career and called on the industry to portray her as one of two stereotyped roles: a dignified Asian woman or an evil "dragon girl".
"I'm tired of the role I have to play," she said in an interview with 1933. "Why screen China people are almost villains in the film, and villains are so cruel-cruel, treacherous, snakes in the grass. We are not like this. "
In particular, Huang Xi commented on the number of times her role was allowed to live to the last minute; She once said, "When I die, my epitaph should be: I died a thousand times. This is the story of my film career. Many times, I play mysterious and conspiracy stories. They don't know what to do. It was me at last, so they killed me. "
9. Her role won the Oscar for Best White Actress (yellow-faced woman).
MGM's adaptation of Pearl Buck's The Good Earth disappointed Huang's career. Huang Dali advocated playing Oran, the wife of a farmer in China, and Buck himself told a MGM executive that she preferred China actors to play the leading role. On the contrary, the core couple is a yellow-faced woman played by Louise Rainier and paul muni; Reina won her second Oscar for this film. Instead, he proposed to Huang the role of deceiving Lotus.
In this proposal, Huang Xi said to MGM producer irving thalberg: "You are asking me to play the only unsympathetic role in the film-using China Descent, and an all-American actor will play the role of China." She didn't attend.
Although Huang didn't appear in The Good Earth or Oran or Furong, her sister played a "little bride" in the film. This is her only credit; Three years later, she committed suicide.
10. Huang is the first Asian American in TV series.
Disappointed with his role, Huang became restless, shuttling between Hollywood, Europe and China, performing on screens and theaters, radio dramas, nightclubs, vaudeville performances and television. Mrs Liu Cong Gallery is the first TV program starring Chinese men and women in American history, in which Huang plays an art dealer and detective. The program is broadcast on 195 1 for one season; No shots or scripts were found.
1 1. She was planning to return to film when she died.
Song of the Flower Drum (1961)-adapted from a musical by Rogers and Hammerstein (also adapted from a novel by Sai Lee)-is the first Hollywood film dominated by Asian Americans. Huang Benying should have played Mrs. Liang in the film (eventually played by Juanita Hall), but she was not able to play the role because of her poor health. She died at the age of 56 on February 3, 20061. Until her death, Huang Zi appeared in only one film since 1949, and her last film was 1960' s Portrait of a Black Man.
12. She is the first Asian-American woman to use US dollars.
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202 1 As a part of the "American Women's Dormitory Project" launched in early 2022, Huang Liushuang was one of the five pioneers selected to appear on the coin. You can register on the website of the American Mint to get Angelu, Sally Ride, Wilma Mankeeler and Nina otero-Warren coins that also feature Maya.
Other sources: Ocean Tools: Life and Times in Huang Liushuang by Jennifer Warner; Asians in Hollywood: Inter-racial Performance Politics of philip ahn and Hui Chengzong: Screen Style:1Feminine Hollywood Fashion in 1930s, Sarah Berry; Anna May Huang: From the Laundryman's daughter to the Hollywood legend Graham Russell hodges.