The Red Lantern is a 1919

1919 in film

The year 1919 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*February 5 - Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith launch United Artists...

 silent film

Silent film

A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...

 starring Alla Nazimova

Alla Nazimova

Alla Nazimova , was a Russian American film and theatre actress, a screenwriter and film producer. She is perhaps best known as simply Nazimova, but also went under the name Alia Nasimoff.-Early life:...

 and directed by Albert Capellani

Albert Capellani

Albert Capellani was a French film director and screenwriter of the silent era. He directed 168 films between 1940 and 1922...

. It is notable today for Anna May Wong

Anna May Wong

Anna May Wong was an American actress, the first Chinese American movie star, and the first Asian American to become an international star...

's screen debut in an uncredited role. A single solitary print survives in Europe as well as rumors of a copy at Gosfilmofond, Moscow.

Synopsis

In China, a half-Chinese, half white woman falls in love with a missionary's son. When he rejects her for an American girl, she joins the Boxers in order to avenge herself on the white race.

Cast

• Alla Nazimova
  Alla Nazimova
  Alla Nazimova , was a Russian American film and theatre actress, a screenwriter and film producer. She is perhaps best known as simply Nazimova, but also went under the name Alia Nasimoff.-Early life:...
  
   ... Mahlee & Blanche Sackville
• Noah Beery ... Dr. Sam Wang
• Charles Bryant
  Charles Bryant
  Charles Bryant may refer to:* Charles Bryant , actor* Charles David Jones Bryant , Australian artist* Charles Ernest William Bryant , Australian barrister and ornithologist...
  
  
• Edward Connelly
  Edward Connelly
  Edward Connelly was an American stage and film actor of the silent era. He had a long established Broadway theatre career going back to the Victorian era...
  
   ... General Jung-Lu
• Frank Currier
  Frank Currier
  Frank Currier was an American actor and director of the silent era. He appeared in 133 films between 1912 and 1928. He also directed 19 films in 1916...
  
   ... Sir Philip Sackville
• Reginald Denny
  Reginald Denny (actor)
  Reginald Denny was an English stage, film, and television actor. He was once an amateur boxing champion of Great Britain.-Acting career:...
  
  
• Darrell Foss ... Andrew Handel
• Dagmar Godowsky
  Dagmar Godowsky
  Dagmar Godowsky was an American silent film actress born to Polish Jewish parents in Vilna, Lithuania. She was the daughter of the notable pianist and composer Leopold Godowsky.-Silent film actress:...
  
  
• Winter Hall
  Winter Hall
  Winter Hall was a New Zealand actor of the silent era. He appeared in 127 films between 1916 and 1938.He was born in Christchurch, New Zealand and died in Los Angeles, California.-Selected filmography:...
  
   ... Reverend Alex Templeton
• Henry Kolker
  Henry Kolker
  Henry Kolker was an American stage and film actor and director...
  
  
• Harry Mann ... Chung
• Virginia Ross ... Luang-Ma
• Mary Van Ness ... Mrs. Templeton
• Anna May Wong
  Anna May Wong
  Anna May Wong was an American actress, the first Chinese American movie star, and the first Asian American to become an international star...
  
  ... (uncredited)