Way Down West (1927)
• September 8th, 1927 • 0h 59min
Drama, Romance
Overview
Based on the classic Chinese play Romance of the Western Chamber, Way Down West follows the love story between a poor scholar and wealthy woman. Unable to marry due to their social status, this changes when a bandit attacks the monastery they are staying at demanding the woman's hand. Desperate, her mother promises her hand to whomever manages to defeat the bandit.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
The Case of Lena Smith
Released on: 1929-01-19
Drama, Romance
A peasant girl goes to great lengths to protect her child in 19th century Vienna. The film is consid...
Suzanna
Released on: 1923-02-16
Romance, Drama
Hoping to consolidate their adjoining ranches, Don Fernando and Don Diego betroth their children, Ra...
The Perfect Flapper
Released on: 1924-05-25
Romance, Comedy
A 1924 film directed by John Francis Dillon.
Destiny: or, the Soul of a Woman
Released on: 1915-09-06
Drama
Artist Standish using his wife Mary as his model finishes a painting of the Madonna. When the Connoi...
The Paul Street Boys
Released on: 1925-01-15
Drama
A couple of boy gangs in Budapest constantly fight over the neighborhood turf.
The Miracle Man
Released on: 1919-08-26
Drama
A gang of crooks evade the police by moving their operations to a small town. There the gang's leade...
One Stolen Night
Released on: 1929-03-15
Action, Drama, Romance
When his ne'er-do-well brother embezzles the commissary funds of their cavalry unit stationed in the...
Devdas
Released on: 1935-03-30
Drama, Romance
Devdas, the son of a zamindar, and Parvati, his neighbour's daughter, are childhood sweethearts. How...
Manhattan Cocktail
Released on: 1928-11-24
Drama
Nancy Carroll stars in Manhattan Cocktail as Babs, a college coed who dreams of becoming a famous ac...
Jaws of Steel
Released on: 1927-09-10
Drama, Family, Action
Our doggy hero is abandoned in the desert while in pup-hood. Upon reaching maturity, Tin Tin has und...
The Making of O'Malley
Released on: 1925-06-28
Drama
A policeman falls for a teacher, and befriends her students. A gang of bootleggers threatens his new...
The Eternal City
Released on: 1923-12-17
War, Drama
War drama - Fitzmaurice was able to film King Victor Emmanuel III and Benito Mussolini reviewing Ita...
The Law Decides
Released on: 1916-05-01
Drama
Mere years could not kill the overwhelming love which lay dormant in Lorenz's heart, though Florence...
True As Steel
Released on: 1924-04-20
Drama
Successful middle-aged manufacturer Frank Parry takes a business trip to New York, where he becomes ...
Sir Arne's Treasure
Released on: 1919-09-18
History, Drama
Three Scottish officers, including Sir Archi, murder Sir Arne and his household for a coffin filled ...
A Poet From The Sea
Released on: 1927-07-08
Drama
Hou Yao wrote, directed and starred in A Poet from the Sea (1927). It was shot in Stanley, Hong Kong...
The Popular Sin
Released on: 1926-11-22
Comedy, Romance
Philandering husband George Montfort purchases railroad tickets for a weekend tryst in the mountains...
Die Flamme
Released on: 1923-02-02
Drama
In 19th century Paris a hedonistic woman marries an aristocrat but has trouble keeping faithful to h...
Behind the Screen
Released on: 1917-07-28
Drama
Famous Russian screen actors play themselves in this drama about the lives of actors. Thirteen minut...