Tripti Joshi (Editor)

The Crimson City

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
5.6
/
10
1
Votes
Alchetron
5.6
5.6
1 Ratings
100
90
80
70
60
51
40
30
20
10
Rate This

Rate This

Director
  
Archie Mayo

Genre
  
Silent film

Country
  
United States

5.4/10
IMDb

Cinematography
  
Barney McGill

Duration
  

Language
  
Silent film (English intertitles)

Release date
  
April 7, 1928 (1928-04-07)

Writer
  
Anthony Coldeway (story), James A. Starr (titles)

Produced by
  
Warner Bros. Entertainment

Cast
  
Myrna Loy
(Isobel),
Anna May Wong
,
Leila Hyams

Similar movies
  
Related Archie Mayo movies

The Crimson City (1928) is an American silent drama film produced by Warner Bros. written by Anthony Coldeway and directed by Archie Mayo. Actors include Myrna Loy, Anna May Wong, Sōjin Kamiyama, John Miljan, Leila Hyams and Richard Tucker. The film was released with a Vitaphone soundtrack with a music score and sound effects. The film was released by Warner Brothers Pictures on 7 April 1928.

Contents

Plot

The story centers on an Asian woman named Onoto (Loy), who is rescued from slavery by a fugitive of European ancestry named Gregory Kent (Miljan). They fall in love, but prevailing mores about race doom the romance. Onoto leaves Kent so that he may marry another (Hyams).

Cast

  • Myrna Loy as Onoto
  • John Miljan as Gregory Kent
  • Leila Hyams as Nadine Howells
  • Matthew Betz as "Dagger Foo"
  • Anders Randolf as Major Howells
  • Sōjin Kamiyama as Sin Yoy
  • Anna May Wong as Su
  • Richard Tucker as Richard Brand

    • Preservation status

    The only known surviving copy is kept at the Museo del Cine (es) in Buenos Aires, Argentina. A trailer for this film survives among the holdings of the Library of Congress.

    References

    The Crimson City Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA

    The Crimson City IMDb


    Similar Topics