SILENT FILMS: A TALE OF TWO WORLDS (1921)
CREDITS
Released: March 13, 1921
Production Company: Goldwyn Pictures Corporation
Featured Cast: J. Frank Glendon, Leatrice Joy, Wallace Beery, E. Alyn Warren, Margaret McWade, Tôgô Yamamoto, Yutaka Abe, Louie Cheung, Chow Young, Etta Lee, Ah Wing, Goro Kino, Arthur Soames, Edythe Chapman, T.D. Crittenden, Irene Rich, Mathilde Comont, Bessie Wong
Director: Frank Lloyd
Assistant Director: Harry Weil
Producer: Samuel Goldwyn
Cinematographer: Norbert Brodine
Writers: Charles Kenyon (scenario), Gouverneur Morris (story), J.E. Nash
Art Director: Cedric Gibbons
STORY
Carmichael, an American dealer in antiques who gains possession of the priceless Ming scepter, is slain, with his wife, by Boxers in China, but their infant daughter is saved by a servant, Ah Wing. Years later, the girl, brought up by Ah Wing as his daughter, is known as Sui Sen in San Francisco’s Chinatown. Though loved by Ah Wing’s assistant, the Worm, she is coveted by Ling Jo, a Boxer leader, who obtains the Ming scepter as a condition for their betrothal. However, Sui Sen falls in love with Newcombe, a wealthy young American. Newcombe rescues her from Ling Jo, who dies in a windlass trap actually prepared for his rival. (TCM)
TECH
Runtime 1 hr 10 min (70 min) (DVD)
Sound Mix Silent
Color Black and White
Aspect Ratio 1.33 : 1
Film Length (6 reels)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format