The Red Lantern
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The Red Lantern | |
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Sheet music cover to the film's theme song |
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Directed by | Albert Capellani[1] |
Written by | June Mathis Edith Wherry (novel) |
Starring | Alla Nazimova Noah Beery |
Cinematography | Tony Gaudio |
Distributed by | Metro Pictures Corporation |
Release date(s) | May 4, 1919 |
Running time | 70 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English (title cares) |
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IMDb profile |
The Red Lantern is a 1919 film starring Alla Nazimova. It is notable for Anna May Wong's screen debut in an uncredited role.
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[edit] Synopsis
In China, a half-Chinese, half white woman falls in love with a missionary's son. When he rejects her for an American girl, she joins the Boxers in order to avenge herself on the white race.[2]
[edit] Cast
- Alla Nazimova ... Mahlee & Blanche Sackville[1]
- Noah Beery ... Dr. Sam Wang
- Charles Bryant
- Edward Connelly ... General Jung-Lu
- Frank Currier ... Sir Philip Sackville
- Reginald Denny
- Darrell Foss ... Andrew Handel
- Dagmar Godowsky
- Winter Hall ... Reverend Alex Templeton
- Henry Kolker
- Harry Mann ... Chung
- Virginia Ross ... Luang-Ma
- Mary Van Ness ... Mrs. Templeton
- Anna May Wong ... (uncredited)
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b The Red Lantern (1919) at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ Synopsis based on Garza, Janiss. Red Lantern (English). All Movie Guide. Retrieved on 2008-05-25.
[edit] Bibliography
- Garza, Janiss. Red Lantern (English). All Movie Guide. Retrieved on 2008-05-25.
- The Red Lantern (1919) at the Internet Movie Database