The Forbidden City (1918)
• October 6th, 1918 • 1h 3min
Romance, Drama
Overview
The daughter of a Chinese mandarin is sentenced to death for her secret marriage to an American. Their child, raised in the mandarin's palace, grows up and escapes to seek her father, now a high-ranking official in the Philippines.
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