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The Forbidden City (1918)

5.7/10 1h 3m Oct 06, 1918
Romance Drama

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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Movie Details

Original Title The Forbidden City
Original Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.4

Cast

Norma Talmadge
Norma Talmadge
San San / Toy
Popularity: 2.6
Thomas Meighan
Thomas Meighan
John Worden
Popularity: 3.3
E. Alyn Warren
E. Alyn Warren
Wong Li
Popularity: 3.9
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Michael Rayle
Mandarin
Popularity: 0.0
L. Rogers Lytton
L. Rogers Lytton
Chinese Emperor
Popularity: 0.1
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Reid Hamilton
Lieutenant Philip Halbert
Charles Fang
Charles Fang
Yuan-Loo
Popularity: 0.2

Key Crew

Director Sidney Franklin
Producer Joseph M. Schenck
Writer Mary Murillo

Production

Norma Talmadge Film Corporation

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Keywords

silent film

Reviews from TMDB

CinemaSerf 5/10
Jun 6, 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 s ... Read more

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Rating
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Based on 9 votes

Details
Release Date October 6, 1918
Runtime 1h 3m
Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.4
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