The Red Lantern

The Red Lantern — Plot

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.

• Release date
• May 4, 1919
• Runtime
• 70 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Albert Capellani

The Red Lantern — Cast

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

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