 "Daughter of Shanghai" was prepared as a vehicle for Anna May Wong, the first Asian-American woman to become a star of the Hollywood cinema.Appearing in some 60 movies during her life, she was a top billed player for over twenty years, working not only in Hollywood, but also in England and Germany.In addition, she was a star of the stage and a frequent guest performer on radio, and would headline the first American television series concentrating on an Asian character, "The Gallery of Madame Liu-Tsong" (DuMont, 1951).