
The Red Lantern
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: 1919-05-04
Drama
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Casts

Alla Nazimova
as Mahlee & Blanche Sackville

Noah Beery
as Dr. Sam Wang

Edward Connelly
as Gen. Jung-Lu

Frank Currier
as Sir Philip Sackville

Darrell Foss
as Andrew Handel

Winter Hall
as Rev. Alex Templeton

Harry Mann
as Chung

Anna May Wong
as Eurasian woman (uncredited)