The Red Lantern

The Red Lantern

70 mins | Drama | May 4, 1919

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.

The Red Lantern

70 mins | Drama | May 4, 1919

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.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Metro Pictures Corporation
Original title The Red Lantern
Directors Albert Capellani
Writers Edith Wherry, June Mathis

Cast

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

Virginia Ross

as Luang-Ma

Mary Van Ness

as Mrs. Templeton

Anna May Wong

as Eurasian woman (uncredited)