06 October 1918 Drama, Romance 63 mins
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.
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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
Charles Fang as Yuan-Loo
Sidney Franklin Director
Mary Murillo Writer
George Scarborough Story
Joseph M. Schenck Producer
H. Lyman Broening Director of Photography
Edward Wynard Director of Photography
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La Cité défendue Trailer
A Tale of the Forbidden City Trailer
Denmark 17 January 1922
United States 06 October 1918
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