The Courageous Coward
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Duration Genres Silent film, Drama film | Director William Worthington Cinematography L.D. Clawson Country USA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date April 1919 Writer Thomas J. Geraghty (story), Frances Guihan (scenario) Cast Sessue Hayakawa , Tsuru Aoki , Toyo Fujita , George Hernandez Similar movies Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa , How Foolshead Paid His Debts , The Artist , Paperman , The Rider & the Wolf , Step Up | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The courageous coward
The Courageous Coward is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by William Worthington and featuring Sessue Hayakawa and Tsuru Aoki in lead roles. It is presumed to be a lost film with only reel 5 preserved at the EYE Film Institute Netherlands film archive.
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Plot
As described in a film magazine, Suki (Hayakawa), born and educated in America, still worships the customs of his ancestral country. Foreign born Rei (Aoki) arrives in Chinatown and wins his heart. He goes to college to finish his law studies, leaving Rei to await his return. Rei is led to believe that she should become Americanized to please him on his return, so she learns the way of the cabarets in the company of Tom Kirby (McDonald), son of ward boss Big Bill Kirby (Hernandez). Suki returns and is disappointed. Rei finally consents to elope with Tom, leaving Suki lost to her. A murder is committed and Suki prosecutes a suspect almost to the point of conviction when Tom confesses his guilt to him. When Suki refuses to go forward with the case, he is branded a coward and disgraced, with only Rei believing in him. At length Tom confesses to the murder and prepares to stand trial, his confession clearing Suki and leaving him free to marry Rei.
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