Mandarin's Gold

A slow, earnest silent drama that shifts between legend and drawing-room tension, feeling moralistic and quietly uneasy.

Directed by

Oscar Apfel

Genres

Drama

Starring

Kitty Gordon, Irving Cummings, George MacQuarrie

Overview

In China, a boy reads a legend about a mysterious woman's power over a wealthy Mandarin prince. In New York, Betty Cardon, a social butterfly, disregards her husband Blair's order to stop gambling their money at bridge, and finds herself in debt to Geoffrey North, who, encouraged by her flirting, now wants sexual payment. Cherry Blossom, a Chinese girl who refuses to be sold by her father to the brutal Li Hsun, a wealthy Mandarin, hides in Betty's home after Betty's friend, Susan Pettigrew, a mission worker, introduces them.

How it feels

Melancholic, tense, earnest and romantic. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Betrayal, greed, isolation, fate

Content

Mild violence and sexual content. No gore or swearing.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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