The Red Lantern

• 6.0 Drama
• 1919-05-04
• 70 minutes mins

Mahlee and Blanche Sackville are half-sisters, Blanche the daughter of an Englishman and his wife, Mahlee of the Englishman and his Chinese mistress. Mahlee rejects her people and attempts to find a life for herself among the Europeans. But she finds the color line impossible to pass and returns to lead her Chinese people in rebellion.

Starring:

Alla Nazimova (Mahlee & Blanche Sackville) Noah Beery (Dr. Sam Wang) Edward Connelly (Gen. Jung-Lu) Frank Currier (Sir Philip Sackville) Darrell Foss (Andrew Handel) Winter Hall (Rev. Alex Templeton) Harry Mann (Chung) Virginia Ross (Luang-Ma) Mary Van Ness (Mrs. Templeton) Anna May Wong (Eurasian woman (uncredited))

Director:

Albert Capellani

Writer:

June Mathis