The Forbidden City

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For the palace complex in Beijing, see Forbidden City
The Forbidden City
Directed by Sidney Franklin
Produced by Joseph M. Schenck
Written by Mary Murillo

George Scarborough (story)

Starring Norma Talmadge
Thomas Meighan
Cinematography H. Lyman Broening
Edward Wynard
Release date(s) 6 October 1918
Running time 62 minutes
Country Flag of the United States United States
Language Silent film
English intertitles
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The Forbidden City is a film released in 1918 starring Norma Talmadge and Thomas Meighan and directed by Sidney Franklin. The plot centers around an inter-racial romance between a Chinese princess (Talmage) and an American (Meighan). When palace officials discover she has fallen pregnant she is sentenced to death. In the latter part of the film Talmadge plays the now adult daughter of the affair, seeking her father in the Philippines.

[edit] Cast (in credits order)

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

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