The Red Lantern
MovieTitle | The Red Lantern |
User score | 6 |
Release date | May 4, 1919 |
Genre | Drama |
Director | Albert Capellani |
Production country | United States of America |
Production companies | Metro Pictures Corporation |
Run time | 70 min. |
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.