The City of Dim Faces
Cast & Crew
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George Melford
Director
Sessue Hayakawa
Jang Lung
Doris Pawn
Marcell Matthews
Marin Sais
Elizabeth Mendall
James Cruze
Wing Lung
Winter Hall
Brand Matthews
Film Details
Release Date
Jul
15,
1918
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Famous Players-Lasky Corp.
Distribution Company
Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Paramount Pictures
Country
United States
Technical Specs
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
4,219ft
(5 reels)
Synopsis
Wing Lung, a Chinese merchant, and Elizabeth Mendall, an American, marry and have a son named Jang Lung. Because Elizabeth wants Jang Lung to be raised as a Christian, Wing Lung locks her in the cellar and she becomes demented. Jang meets Marcell Matthews at an Eastern university, and she returns with him to San Francisco to be married. After visiting Chinatown, however, she is disillusioned and breaks off the engagement. The enraged Jang sells Marcell to a marriage broker but tries to rescue her when he learns the true identity of his mother. In the attempt, Jang is mortally wounded, but becomes reconciled to Marcell and his mother before his death.
Director
George Melford
Director
Cast
Sessue Hayakawa
Jang Lung
Doris Pawn
Marcell Matthews
Marin Sais
Elizabeth Mendall
James Cruze
Wing Lung
Winter Hall
Brand Matthews
Togo Yama
Foo Sing
James Wang
Luk Tim Eli
George King
Lee Willie
Larry Steers
Ben Walton
Crew
Film Details
Release Date
Jul
15,
1918
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Famous Players-Lasky Corp.
Distribution Company
Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Paramount Pictures
Country
United States
Technical Specs
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
4,219ft
(5 reels)
