My China Film

1936

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Overview

Anna May Wong created “My China Film” as her response to not being cast in Metro Goldwyn Meyer’s award-winning film about Chinese peasants, The Good Earth (1937). Immediately after that casting rejection, Wong travelled to China for the first and only time in 1936 to see the real China, the “native land” of her parents where she arranged to have her experiences there filmed by Newsreel Wong. In contrast to The Good Earth, “My China Film” is the result of a Hollywood film studio actress seizing the means of production. Her film reveals her craftsmanship as an American actress learning to play a Chinese by equipping herself to perform the role of a transnational Chinese. In addition, rather than being a straightforward documentary travelogue, “My China Film” reflects differing agendas and multiple Chinas.

Status: Released

Language: XX

Production Information

Production Companies

Hearst Metrotone News

Production Countries

United States of America

Quick Facts

Release Date	January 1, 1936
Status	Released
Language	XX

Cast

Anna May Wong

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Key Crew

Anna May Wong

Director

Anna May Wong

Producer

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