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Star Power Saturday Movie Matinee



“Love, Queenie: Merle Oberon, Hollywood’s First South Asian Star” Book Talk & “Wuthering Heights” Screening

Oct 18, 2025 - Nov 08, 2025. 2 p.m.

Merle Oberon rose to the highest echelons of fame in Golden Age Hollywood while keeping a secret that threatened to destroy her career: her South Asian identity. Mayukh Sen, a James Beard Award-winning author, brings the story of this often-forgotten star to life in his new book “Love, Queenie: Merle Oberon, Hollywood’s First South Asian Star.” Sen will join Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center educator Andrea Kim Neighbors for a conversation about Oberon’s complex legacy and the history of Asian American representation on screen.


A special Star Power screening of “Wuthering Heights” will follow. Merle Oberon dazzles opposite Laurence Olivier as they portray star-crossed lovers Cathy and Heathcliff in this 1939 romantic period drama based on Emily Brontë’s classic novel. Free – Registration required.

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Eighth and G Streets NW, Washington, D.C.
Washington, DC 20001
United States

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