Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, Donald Crisp. From a story by Thomas Burke. Videocassette release of the 1919 motion picture. Digitally remastered from a 33mm print at the correct projection speed, with color tints, and a new orchestral score by Joseph Turrin recorded in digital stereo. For specific features see interactive menu.
Summary:
A young Chinaman in London's squalid Limehouse district hopes to spread the peaceful philosophy of his Eastern religion. He befriends a pitiful street waif who is mistreated by her brutal father. Nursing her back to health, tragedy results when an unspoken romance flowers between them.
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