The Forbidden City (1918)

1918 · Silent film · 62 min · dir. Sidney Franklin

• silent film
• Romance

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Synopsis

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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Details

Director

Sidney Franklin

Writer

George Scarborough

Cinematography

H. Lyman Broening

Studio

Norma Talmadge Film Corporation

Released

1918-10-06

Running time

62 minutes

Cast & crew

• Sidney Franklin Director
• Thomas Meighan
• Norma Talmadge

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