Pagan Love

Pagan Love — Plot

Coming to the U.S. from his native land to study Western civilization and continue work for his government young Chinaman Tsing Yu-Ch'ing attends an American university, then launches a Chinese newspaper in New York City. He also falls in love with the lovely Kathleen Levinsky who is blind. The daughter of a Jewish father and an Irish mother. Kathleen's life is barren of love, and she gladly accepts his attentions. When Dr. Hardwick, a classmate from college, calls on Tsing and meets Kathleen, he offers to cure her blindness through surgery. The operation is a success, but the newly sighted Kathleen is visibly upset by Tsing's appearance. After saving Kathleen from a killer known as the Hatchetman, Tsing returns to China and commits suicide, believing he will find eternal love with her in the afterlife.

• Release date
• December 7, 1920
• Runtime
• 60 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Hugo Ballin

Pagan Love — Cast

Togo Yamamoto Yu-Ch'ing Mabel Ballin Kathleen Levinsky Rockliffe Fellowes Dr. Hardwick Charles Fang The Hatchetman

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Nellie Fillmore Mrs. O'Grady