The Red Lantern

Movie · 1h 10m

Starring Alla Nazimova, Noah Beery, Edward Connelly, Frank Currier

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.