The Toll of the Sea (1923)

Movie"For every joy the sea casts up, it takes a toll of twice that joy in sorrow."
Audience Score
62
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NR 54 minJan 22nd, 1923Romance, Drama
A young Chinese woman saves an American man washed up onto the shore and the two fall in love, but he resolutely returns to his life, and wife, in America.
StarringAnna May WongKenneth HarlanBeatrice Bentley
DirectorChester M. Franklin
WriterFrances Marion

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:January 22nd, 1923
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation, Metro Pictures Corporation
Movie Tags:
silent filmbased on play or musicalsuicidepartially lost filmculture clashmixed race childmixed race marriagerestoredchinese girl