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The port city of Bristol, England, in the 1800s is home to Java Head, a sailing ship line company. The owner has two sons. One, a handsome seafarer, is in love with a local girl, but cannot marry her due to a long-running feud between their fathers. After a lengthy voyage, he returns with a very exotic, noble Chinese wife, which scandalizes the conservative town. His other son, a "landlubber", seeks to convert to steamships, to the disgust of his father. Even worse, he is secretly dealing in contraband.
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The First Asian-American on US Currency: Who's Anna May Wong?

June 23, 2022

We're finally going to see the first Asian-American on US currency in the year 2022 – the outstanding Anna May Wong.

Anna May Wong is considered by many to be the first Chinese-American Hollywood movie star. She starred in dozens of productions, with some of the more famous ones being Shanghai Express (1932), Java Head (1934), and The Toll of the Sea (1922), which was one of the very first films made in color.

Wong was an actress and activist whose career spanned silent film, sound film, television, stage, and radio.

She was the first prominent Asian-American actress, she used her time and money to help the Chinese during World War II and the Second Sino-Japanese War, and she challenged the way Asians were treated throughout her entire career.

It's no wonder that Anna May Wong will be the first Asian-American on US currency through the 2022 - 2025 American Women Quarters series. Though it's long, long overdue.

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The port city of Bristol, England, in the 1800s is home to Java Head, a sailing ship line company. The owner has two sons. One, a handsome seafarer, is in love with a local girl, but cannot marry her due to a long-running feud between their fathers. After a lengthy voyage, he returns with a very exotic, noble Chinese wife, which scandalizes the conservative town. His other son, a "landlubber", seeks to convert to steamships, to the disgust of his father. Even worse, he is secretly dealing in contraband.

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Genre:Drama, Romance
Directed By:Thorold Dickinson, J. Walter Ruben
Written By:Martin Brown, Gordon Wellesley
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Runtime:85 minutes
Studio:Associated Talking Pictures (ATP)

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Thorold Dickinson, J. Walter Ruben

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Anna May Wong

Princess Taou Yuen

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Elizabeth Allan

Nettie Vollar

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John Loder

Gerrit Ammidon

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Edmund Gwenn

Jeremy Ammidon

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Ralph Richardson

William Ammidon

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Herbert Lomas

Barzil Dunsack

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George Curzon

Edward Dunsack

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John Marriner

John Stone

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Grey Blake

Roger Brevard (as Gray Blake)

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Roy Emerton

Broadrick

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Amy Brandon Thomas

Rhoda Ammidon

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