The Career of Anna May Wong

Anna May Wong
Everett

The Thief of Baghdad, 1924
Throughout her career, Wong would be viewed as an object of exotic beauty. Clothed in nothing more than a few strips of fabric, Wong (center) played a Mongol Slave in The Thief of Baghdad opposite legendary Hollywood actor Douglas Fairbanks (right).

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