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The Forbidden City

1918-10-06 Romance 1hr 3m

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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The Forbidden City

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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.

  • Released
    1918-10-06
  • Revenue
    n/a
  • Budget
    n/a
  • Runtime
    1hr 3m
  • Genre
    Romance, Drama
  • Status
    Released
  • Language
    No Language
  • imdb-logo
    0
  • Production
    Norma Talmadge Film Corporation

Crew

Sidney Franklin
Director
Mary Murillo
Writer
Joseph M. Schenck
Producer
Keywords:
silent film

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Cast

Norma Talmadge

Norma Talmadge
San San / Toy
Thomas Meighan

Thomas Meighan
John Worden
E. Alyn Warren

E. Alyn Warren
Wong Li
Michael Rayle

Michael Rayle
Mandarin
L. Rogers Lytton

L. Rogers Lytton
Chinese Emperor
Reid Hamilton

Reid Hamilton
Lieutenant Philip Halbert
Charles Fang

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Yuan-Loo

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Reviews for The Forbidden City
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A Review by Geronimo1967 5

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2022-06-06

The characterisations here are a bit of a stretch, to be honest. Norma Talmadge is "San San" who is to be a concubine of the Emperor (of Chi... read more

The characterisations here are a bit of a stretch, to be honest. Norma Talmadge is "San San" who is to be a concubine of the Emperor (of China) but who becomes embroiled, and falls in love, with the American Ambassador to the court - "Worden" (Thomas Meighan) with whom she has a child. Needless to say, the Emperor is not best pleased and "San San" is dealt with and the baby "Toy" put out for adoption by a family who disdainfully refer to her as the "American". Talmadge plays both roles, the former a little more plausibly than the latter as the daughter seeks out her father, now a high ranking official in the American-governed Philippines. The story is simple, and probably quite typical of the times when any form of inter-racial relationship was somewhat hypocritically frowned upon. Meighan plays well, he ages well, and his character is decent but the rest of this is heavily staged, badly lit and is a meanderingly paced effort that could have launched the career of ten Max Factor's. The sumptuous court settings of dynastic China have to be presumed as the settings and costumes suggest a very basic budget - even for 1918. It isn't terrible, indeed it is quite ambitious, but for me it felt flat and rather sterile.

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A Review by CinemaSerf

The characterisations here are a bit of a stretch, to be honest. Norma Talmadge is "San San" who is to be a concubine of the Emperor (of China) but who becomes embroiled, and falls in love, with the American Ambassador to the court - "Worde...

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A Review by Geronimo1967 5

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2022-06-06

The characterisations here are a bit of a stretch, to be honest. Norma Talmadge is "San San" who is to be a concubine of the Emperor (of China) but who becomes embroiled, and falls in love, with the A...

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