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The Forbidden City

5.7(9)19181h 3m1

The daughter of a Chinese mandarin is sentenced to death for her secret marriage to an American. Their child, raised in the mandarin's palace, grows up and escapes to seek her father, now a high-ranking official in the Philippines.

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  • silent film

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  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical6 Oct 1918
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical17 Jan 1922

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The Forbidden City was released on 6 October 1918.

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    CinemaSerf

    6/6/2022

    5/10

    The characterisations here are a bit of a stretch, to be honest. Norma Talmadge is "San San" who is to be a concubine of the Emperor (of China) but who becomes embroiled, and falls in love, with the American Ambassador to the court - "Worden" (Thomas Meighan) with whom she has a child. Needless to say, the Emperor is not best pleased and "San San" is dealt with and the baby "Toy" put out for adoption by a family who …

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