Forbidden Paths

Forbidden Paths

50 mins | Drama | July 12, 1917

Sato (Sessue Hayakawa) faithfully works for importer James Thornton (James Neill). When the old man dies, he leaves his daughter Mildred (Vivian Martin) in Sato's care. Sato loves the girl, but as he is Japanese he cannot hope to ever marry her (at least not in the racially prejudiced era of the early 1900s). Besides, Mildred loves Harry Maxwell (Tom Forman), who was raised alongside her.

Forbidden Paths

50 mins | Drama | July 12, 1917

Forbidden Paths
Sato (Sessue Hayakawa) faithfully works for importer James Thornton (James Neill). When the old man dies, he leaves his daughter Mildred (Vivian Martin) in Sato's care. Sato loves the girl, but as he is Japanese he cannot hope to ever marry her (at least not in the racially prejudiced era of the early 1900s). Besides, Mildred loves Harry Maxwell (Tom Forman), who was raised alongside her.
Producers Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company
Original title Forbidden Paths
Directors Robert Thornby
Writers Leighton Osmun, Beatrice DeMille, Eve Unsell

Cast

Vivian Martin

as Mildred Thornton

Sessue Hayakawa

as Sato

Tom Forman

as Harry Maxwell

Carmen Phillips

as Benita Ramirez

James Neill

as James Thornton

Ernest Joy

as American ambassador

Paul Weigel

as Luis Valdez