1922SILENT FEATURE FILMS
THE FIRST FEATURE FILM SHOT IN THE TWO STRIP TECHNICOLOR PROCESS. AN AMERICAN MAN MARRIES A YOUNG ASIAN BUT LEAVES HER FOR FOR A WOMAN OF HIS OWN RACE BACK IN THE UNITED STATES. AFTER HE LEARNS OF HIS MIXED-RACE SON, HIS UNDERSTANDING WHITE WIFE URGES ADOPTION. IN THE ACT OF SELF SACRIFICE, THE ASIAN WOMAN KILLS HERSELF FOR HER CHILD'S FUTURE. MELODRAMA ABOUT A WOMAN'S SACRIFICE FOR FAMILY LOVE. ANNA MAY WONG. KENNETH HARLAN. BEATRICE BENTLY.
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CHINESE WOMAN WALKING ALONG ROCKS AT THE BEACH SEES A MAN FLOATING, CALLS FOR HELP, MEN RUN TO PULL MAN OUT OF THE WATER, CARRY HIM AWAY
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| 01:14:48 167 |
GROUP HUDDLE AROUND THE MAN, HE WAKES UP, SEES BEAUTIFUL CHINESE WOMAN, THEY HELP HIM STAND, HELP HIM AWAY
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| 01:15:26 205 |
OLD MAN GRABS HER BY THE ARM, ASKS HER ABOUT THE WESTERN MAN. SAYS IT'S A BAD OMEN
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| 01:16:03 242 |
MEN WALKING AMONG CLIFFS, ROCKS OF BEACH
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| 01:16:33 272 |
CHINESE WOMAN ON THE ROCKS AT THE BEACH PRAYS OUT LOUD WITH OUTSTRETCHED ARMS. WESTERN MAN LISTENS FROM A CLEARING IN THE WOODS
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| 01:17:18 317 |
SPRINGTIME LOVE, WESTERN MAN COURTS ASIAN WOMAN ANOTHER WOMAN CARRYING PARASOL WALKING SEES THEM HOLDING HANDS. MAN ASKS HER TO GO TO AMERICA WITH HIM. OTHER WOMAN SNEAKS AWAY
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| 01:18:58 417 |
WOMAN PICKING ROSES FROM ROSE GARDEN, SMELLS ROSES.
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| 01:19:24 443 |
TWO WOMEN UNDER PARASOLS WALKING BY, WOMAN POKES FRIEND, THEY STOP & WATCH YOUNG WOMAN IN ROSE GARDEN. WHISPERING IN EACH OTHER'S EAR.
GOSSIPING |
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THEY APPROACH THE YOUNG WOMAN, SPEAK TO HER IN CHINESE, NOW THAT SHE IS MARRIED TO AN AMERICAN, SHE WILL ONLY REPLY IN ENGLISH. THEY TELL HER BAD THINGS ABOUT AMERICAN MEN, SHE LOOKS WORRIED TURNS AROUND, COVERS HER EARS, WOMEN WALK AWAY
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| 01:21:55 594 |
TRIO OF AMERICAN MEN SITS AT OUTDOOR RESTAURANT MAN SHOWS TELEGRAM URGING HIM BACK TO THE STATES IMMEDIATELY. DISCUSS WEATHER TO BRING CHINESE WIFE OR NOT
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| 01:23:02 661 |
WOMAN SITS IN ROSE GARDEN LOOKING AT PHOTO OF AMERICAN HUSBAND. KISSES PHOTOGRAPH
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| 01:23:25 684 |
TRIO OF AMERICAN MEN DISCUSS THE ISSUE AT OUTDOOR RESTAURANT. MAN POINTS OUT WESTERN WOMAN AND CHINESE WOMAN AT SAME RESTAURANT. COMPARISONS
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| 01:24:14 733 |
CHINESE WOMAN TUCKS PHOTO AWAY IN HER DRESS.
TWO LITTLE BOYS CALL TO HER. BOY HOLDS A BALL, CUPS HAND TO MOUTH. THEY RUN TO HER, SHE HUGS THEM |
| 01:24:35 754 |
WESTERN MEN AT OUTDOOR CAFE IN CHINA
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| 01:25:05 784 |
WOMAN TAKES A WALK IN SPRINGTIME GARDENS, SITS A WHILE SMELLING ROSES SMELLS FLOWER.
DAYDREAMING. WESTERN MAN WATCHES, THEN JOINS HER. THEY EMBRACE |
| 01:26:24 863 |
HE SHOWS HER TELEGRAM URGING HIM BACK TO THE STATES. SHE ASSUMES SHE IS GOING WITH HIM. HE DOESN'T HAVE THE HEART TO SAY NO, SHE RUNS INTO THE HOUSE, HE SITS UNDER TREE CONTEMPLATING HIS PREDICAMENT
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| 01:28:57 1016 |
CHINESE WOMAN EXITS HOUSE IN OUT-DATED WESTERN TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY OUTFIT FROM HER GRANDMOTHER.
HE LOOKS HER UP AND DOWN. |
| 01:29:30 1049 |
SHE WALKS AWAY SHOWING HIM HER WALK, BUMPS INTO TWO CHINESE WOMEN IN TRADITIONAL KIMONOS. THEY STARE AT HER, WALK PAST AMERICAN HUSBAND STARING
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| 01:30:14 1093 |
AMERICAN HUSBAND TELLS HER SHE CAN'T GO WITH HIM TO AMERICA. SHE IS VERY DISAPPOINTED AND SAD CRIES INTO HIS ARM, HE WALKS AWAY LEAVING HER WITH OUTSTRETCHED ARMS, SHE FALLS TO HER KNEES
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| 01:33:34 1293 |
WOMAN SITS ALONE ON ROCKS AT THE BEACH PINING FOR HER HUSBAND. LS SHIP AT SEA. AT FIRST SHE'S EXCITED, BUT THE SHIP IS A FIGMENT OF HER IMAGINATION. SHE SHRINKS BACK SADDENED
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| 01:34:06 1325 |
COUPLE HORSEBACK RIDING IN THE WOODS, COME TO A STREAM. MAN HELPS WOMAN DISMOUNT. SPEND A FEW MINUTES AT THE STREAM, RIDE AWAY
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| 01:36:32 1471 |
WOMAN MEETS POSTMAN HOPING FOR A LETTER, ALAS, NO LETTER. SHE IS SADDENED. POSTMAN GIVES SYMPATHETIC LOOK, SHAKES HIS HEAD
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| 01:37:09 1508 |
SAD WOMAN SITS BY FOUNTAIN IN GARDEN. BOWS HEAD. HEARS TWO WOMEN APPROACHING, PULLS OUT LETTER, PRETENDS IT'S A LETTER FROM HER HUSBAND IN AMERICA. DECEIVING HER FRIENDS.
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| 01:38:38 1597 |
WOMEN GIGGLE BEHIND HER BACK, WHISPER INTO EACH OTHERS EAR, ONE TELLS THE OTHER SHE IS LYING
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| 01:40:01 1680 |
WOMAN LEFT ALONE SITS, CRIES INTO HER ARM FORLORN HOPE
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| 01:40:35 1714 |
LITTLE BOYS AND GIRLS PLAYING IN GARDEN. WOMAN'S SON INTO HER ARMS. MOTHER HUGS HER MIXED-RACE SON CLOSE TO HER. SON OF THE AMERICAN. HE ASKS FOR HIS FATHER, SHE CRIES AND SHE LIES TO HER SON TELLING HIM HIS FATHER ASKS FOR HIM IN LETTERS.
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| 01:42:34 1833 |
LITTLE BOY KISSES HIS MOTHER ON THE CHEEK
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| 01:43:27 1886 |
MOTHER AND SON PLAY IN GARDEN OF THEIR HOME MOTHER GIVES SON TINY HOUSE SHE MADE. SON FANTASIZES ABOUT LIFE IN THE HOUSE WITH FATHER
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| 01:44:05 1924 |
MAN BRINGS WORD THAT AMERICAN HUSBAND HAS ARRIVED BACK IN CHINA.
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| 01:44:47 1966 |
SHE RUNS INTO THE HOUSE SHOUTING ORDERS TO SERVANTS. QUICK PREPARATIONS ARE MADE FOR HUSBAND'S RETURN. WOMAN'S BRIDAL ROBER IS BROUGHT TO HER. SON TAKEN AWAY FOR BATH
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| 01:46:07 2046 |
SERVANTS DRESS WOMAN OF THE HOUSE IN BRIDAL ROBE
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| 01:46:53 2092 |
AMERICAN COUPLE AT OUTDOOR CAFE IN CHINA. OLD MAN APPROACHES COUPLE, THEY LEAVE WITH HIM
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| 01:47:16 2115 |
MEANWHILE, CHINESE WIFE PREPARES FOR HER AMERICAN HUSBAND'S ARRIVAL
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| 01:47:32 2131 |
COUPLE ARRIVE BY RICKSHAWS. MAN TELLS AMERICAN WOMAN TO WAIT THERE
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| 01:48:06 2165 |
AMERICAN MAN ASKS SERVANT TO BRING WIFE TO THE GARDEN
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| 01:49:24 2243 |
LITTLE BOY GETS A BATH, BLOWS BUBBLES WHILE SERVANT BATHES HIM
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| 01:49:48 2267 |
CHINESE WIFE GREETS AMERICAN HUSBAND AFTER A LONG ABSENCE. HE TELLS HER HE IS NOT HER HUSBAND. SHE CRIES INTO HER HANDS
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| 01:52:46 2445 |
AMERICAN WOMAN PETS PEACOCK IN GARDEN.
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| 01:52:52 2451 |
IS CALLED OVER BY AMERICAN MAN, INTRODUCED TO CHINESE WOMAN AS HIS WIFE. CHINESE WOMAN ACTS VERY GRACIOUS UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES
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| 01:54:25 2544 |
THE THREE OF THEM SIT AT TABLE IN GARDEN. SON BROUGHT OUT. MOTHER LIES, SAYS HE'S A NEIGHBOR'S CHILD. BEFORE RUNNING TO PLAY, BOY BLOWS KISSES
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| 01:57:06 2705 |
AMERICAN COUPLE AND CHINESE WOMAN HAVING TEA IN GARDEN.
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| 01:57:59 2758 |
CHINESE WOMAN CONFESSES TO AMERICAN WOMAN THAT THE CHILD IS HER HUSBAND'S AND ASKS IF THEY WILL TAKE HIM & KEEP HIM FOR ALWAYS. CHINESE MOTHER BECKONS CHILD WHO RUNS TO HER & SITS ON HER LAP HOLDS HIM CLOSE AS SHE TELLS HIM A LIE, SAYS AMERICAN WOMAN IS HIS REAL MOTHER.
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| 02:00:32 2911 |
CHINESE WOMAN HANDS CHILD OVER TO AMERICAN, HE REFUSES TO GO WITH HER AT FIRST, THEN WARMS UP
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| 02:01:45 2984 |
AMERICAN WOMAN PICKS UP AND HUGS CHILD, CHINESE MOTHER FIGHTS BACK TEARS. CHINESE-AMERICAN BOY KISSES REAL MOTHER ON THE CHEEK. SHE TURNS AND BURIES HEAD IN HANDS CRYING
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| 02:03:23 3082 |
WATER CRASHING ROCKS AT SEASHORE.
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| 02:04:15 3134 |
SUN SETS ON THE HORIZON
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FILM ENDS
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