Frosted Yellow Willows: The Story Of Anna May Wong

The Secret History Of Hollywood

Adam Roche

Film History, Tv & Film

4.7 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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To celebrate International Women's Day in March, hear a very special story of a very special star, a free-thinking girl who was determined to overcome all odds in her search for stardom... ⁠To hear more stories just like this one, sign up now at PATREON and open up a whole new world of Hollywood drama Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast.
0:04.6	Now, are all the traitors present?
0:07.0	Let's get started, shall we?
0:09.1	From rags to riches.
0:10.4	I'm so sick of this.
0:11.6	Working like a dog and being treated worse.
0:13.7	Yorkshire to New York.
0:15.3	Poor climbers, you and me.
0:17.0	A life dedicated to revenge.
0:18.9	Let's make this an occasion to remember.
0:21.5	A woman of substance on Channel 4, stream now.
0:24.7	Hollywood is yours.
0:26.3	To unlock the secret history of Hollywood,
0:29.3	simply go to patreon.com
0:31.7	slash ataboy's secret
0:33.6	or follow the link in the show notes of this episode.
0:46.6	If ever there was a lost girl, it was frosted yellow willows.
0:56.0	Her parents had named her after this image of beauty in nature, Wong Lu Tsong, or Luetsong, Willow Frost.
1:01.3	But the world in which she grew cared little for the meaning of her name.
1:08.0	All they saw was a short girl who sat on the piles of laundry her father washed in Chinatown,
1:09.6	in downtown L.A.
1:11.7	At the age of five, Lu Tsong and her family made the move to Figueroa Street, a step up in terms
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