A father throws his daughter out of the house when she marries a man he doesn't approve of. In addition, she also finds herself being lusted after by the sinister owner of an opium den.
Acting
Anna May Wong commands every frame she's in.
Production
Exoticized opium den sets are visually striking.
Director
James Young
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Preserved at Belgium's Cinematheque Royale, this is one of the few surviving prints of this otherwise lost-era melodrama.
Anna May Wong was already typecast as 'exotic Asian woman' by 1927; this role came two years before her breakthrough in Piccadilly.
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