Co-Presented by the Center for Asian American Media

Intro, book talk & signing with Katie Gee Salisbury, author of Not Your China Doll. Books available at the theater thanks to co-presenter Green Apple Books.

“Wong’s role of Shosho, the red-hot dancing star of London’s Piccadilly nightclub, shows her at her dramatic and erotic peak.” – Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune

Anna May Wong stars in E.A. Dupont’s PICCADILLY, the mesmerizing silent masterpiece about a maid who overcomes her station to become the toast of London. As his nightclub suffers to a convoluted love triangle among the staff, Wilmot (Jameson Thomas) has a chance encounter with scullery maid Shosho (Wong) and enlists her talents as both a beauty and a dancer to reignite the club’s spark. This rediscovered classic also stars Gilda Gray as the enchanting dancer Mabel, who shines alongside Wong, and Alfred Junge’s astonishing set design looks better than ever thanks to brilliantly restored footage by the British Film Institute.