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The Road to Mandalay

1926 · 70 min

A gloomy silent melodrama of sin and sacrifice, carried by a grotesque, magnetic performance and a slow drift toward inevitable tragedy.

Directed by
Tod Browning
Genres
Drama
Tagline
East meets West -- you'll meet thrills such as you've never imagined possible in this powerful film, Chaney's greatest role!
Overview
Singapore Joe is a captain onboard a ship bound for Mandalay with his wife, who lies gravely ill in her cabin. His wife dies giving birth to a daughter, and the Captain leaves the child in the care of his brother Father James, a priest who raises the girl as his own. 20 years pass, and the captain is now a hardened criminal with a blind eye who runs a Singapore brothel alongside a vile Chinese associate.

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Directed by
Tod Browning
Genres
Drama
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • crime
  • redemption
  • guilt
  • betrayal
Places
  • sea
  • big city
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror3
Humour1
Realism6
Romance4
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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