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The Forbidden City( 1918)

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Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Norma Talmadge

      San San / Toy

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      Thomas Meighan

      John Worden

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      E. Alyn Warren

      Wong Li

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      Michael Rayle

      Mandarin

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      L. Rogers Lytton

      Chinese Emperor

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      Reid Hamilton

      Lieutenant Philip Halbert

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      Charles Fang

      Yuan-Loo

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    A review by CinemaSerf

    5
    Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Jun 06 2022
    The characterisations here are a bit of a stretch, to be honest. Norma Talmadge is "San San" who is to be a concubine of the Emperor (of China) but who becomes embroiled, and falls in love, with the American Ambassador to the court - "Worden" (Thomas Meighan) with whom she has a child. Needless to say, the Emperor is not best pleased and "San San" is dealt with and the baby "Toy" put out for adoption by a family who disdainfully refer to her as the "American". Talmadge plays both roles, the former a little more plausibly than the latter as the daughter seeks out her father, now a high ranking o...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • silent film