Overview
Mahlee and Blanche Sackville are half-sisters, Blanche the daughter of an Englishman and his wife, Mahlee of the Englishman and his Chinese mistress. Mahlee rejects her people and attempts to find a life for herself among the Europeans. But she finds the color line impossible to pass and returns to lead her Chinese people in rebellion.
Cast
- Alla Nazimova as Mahlee & Blanche Sackville
- Noah Beery as Dr. Sam Wang
- Edward Connelly as Gen. Jung-Lu
- Frank Currier as Sir Philip Sackville
- Darrell Foss as Andrew Handel
- Winter Hall as Rev. Alex Templeton
- Harry Mann as Chung
- Virginia Ross as Luang-Ma
- Mary Van Ness as Mrs. Templeton
- Anna May Wong as Eurasian woman (uncredited)