Romance ·Drama · United States of America · 1918 · 1h 3m

The Forbidden City

Director

Cast

Norma Talmadge as San San / Toy Thomas Meighan as John Worden E. Alyn Warren as Wong Li Michael Rayle as Mandarin L. Rogers Lytton as Chinese Emperor Reid Hamilton as Lieutenant Philip Halbert

Crew

H. Lyman Broening — Director of Photography Edward Wynard — Director of Photography Mary Murillo — Writer George Scarborough — Story Joseph M. Schenck — Producer

Synopsis

The daughter of a Chinese mandarin is sentenced to death for her secret marriage to an American. Their child, raised in the mandarin's palace, grows up and escapes to seek her father, now a high-ranking official in the Philippines.

Mood & Themes

silent film

Key Collaborators

Sidney Franklin Director H. Lyman Broening Director of Photography Edward Wynard Director of Photography Mary Murillo Writer George Scarborough Story Joseph M. Schenck Producer

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