Hayakawa

Pamphlet describes life and career of Sessue Hayakawa, Japanese actor, one of the biggest stars in Hollywood during the silent film era of the 1910's and 1920's. Hayakawa was the first actor of Asian descent to achieve stardom as a leading man in the United States and Europe. He starred in over 80 feature films, most notable ones are "The Cheat", "The Dragon Painter", and "The Bridge on the River Kwai". Written by K. Oganesov. Contructivist cover made by K. Vyalov, Russian painter, graphic artist and set designer. Contains photographs and stills from the movies. Published by Kinopechat, 10 000 copies. Fair condition, dust staining, cancelled library stamp on the inside cover, small pen handwriting on the top right corner of the cover, bottom right corners are missing. 16 pages.