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. Published by Kinopechat, 10 000 copies. Fair condition, dust staining. Water staining, pencil handwriting and a cancelled library stamp on the back cover, some pages have bent edges, minor loss of material on three pages on the right edge, rusty staples. 16 pages.