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The Red Lantern (1919)

Directed by Albert Capellani

Overview

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.

Rated NR | Length 70 minutes

Actors

Anna May Wong | Frank Currier | Winter Hall | Noah Beery | Alla Nazimova | Edward Connelly | Harry Mann | Darrell Foss | Virginia Ross | Mary Van Ness