A Tale of Two Worlds

A Tale of Two Worlds
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Directed by	Frank Lloyd
Produced by	Samuel Goldwyn
Written by	Charles Kenyon J.E. Nash
Based on	a story by Gouverneur Morris
Starring	Leatrice Joy Wallace Beery
Cinematography	Norbert Brodine
Distributed by	Goldwyn Pictures
Release dates	March 13, 1921 (1921-03-13)
Running time	6 reels; 5,649 feet
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

A Tale of Two Worlds is a 1921 American silent drama film produced and distributed by Goldwyn Pictures and directed by Frank Lloyd. The film stars several well-known actors including Leatrice Joy, Wallace Beery, Edythe Chapman, and J. Frank Glendon. The film has been preserved at the Library of Congress.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Plot

Based upon a summary in a film publication,^[4] Ah Wing (Warren) saves a white child during the Boxer Rebellion and raises her as Chinese in America as Sui Sen (Joy). Ling Jo (Beery), a tong leader and slave trader, desires Sui Sen and enters a marriage contract with Ah Wing where he will search and give the Scepter of the Mings to Ah Wing in return for the girl. Ah Wing agrees because he does not believe that the scepter can be recovered, but when it is produced, he, while heartbroken, must keep his word. The wedding day is set and Ling Jo wants Sui Sen even after being told that she is white. Robert Newcomb (Glendon), a curio collector who has fallen in love with Sui Sen, and with the help of a young Chinese man called "The Worm" (Abbe), who also loves her, rescues her from the tong chief.

Cast

Leatrice Joy - Sui Sen
Wallace Beery - Ling Jo
E.A. Warren - Ah Wing
Jack Abbe - The Worm
J. Frank Glendon - Robert Newcomb
Edythe Chapman - Mrs. Newcomb, mother of Robert
Togo Yamamoto - One Eye, the Highbinder
Arthur Soames - Doctor Newcombe
Dwight Crittendon - Mr. Carmichael
Irene Rich - Mrs. Carmichael
Etta Lee - Ah Fah
Goro King - The Windlass Man
Margaret McWade - The Attendant
Ah Wing - Servant Spy
Louis Cheung -
Chow Young -

References

↑ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971
↑ Progressive Silent Film List: A Tale of Two Worlds at silentera.com
↑ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress by The American Film Institute, c.1978
↑ "A Tale of Two Worlds: Typical Chinese Atmosphere. Good Production and Well Acted". Film Daily (New York City: Wyd's Films and Film Folks, Inc.) 15 (75): 21. Mar 20, 1921. Retrieved 2014-03-14.

External links

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Film still at silenthollywood.com

The films of Frank Lloyd

1910s	To Redeem a Value (1915) 10,000 Dollars (1915) The Gentleman from Indiana (1915) Jane (1915) The Reform Candidate (1915) The Tongues of Men (1916) The Call of the Cumberlands (1916) Madame la Presidente (1916) The Code of Marcia Gray (1916) David Garrick (1916) The Making of Maddalena (1916) An International Marriage (1916) The Stronger Love (1916) The Intrigue (1916) Sins of Her Parent (1916) The World and the Woman (1916) The Kingdom of Love (1917) The Price of Silence (1917) A Tale of Two Cities (1917) American Methods (1917) When a Man Sees Red (1917) Les Misérables (1917) The Heart of a Lion (1917) The Blindness of Divorce (1918) True Blue (1918) Riders of the Purple Sage (1918) His Extra Bit (1918) The Rainbow Trail (1918) For Freedom (1918) The Man Hunter (1919) Pitfalls of a Big City (1919) The World and Its Woman (1919) The Loves of Letty (1919)

1920s	The Woman in Room 13 (1920) The Silver Horde (1920) Madame X (1920) The Great Lover (1920) A Tale of Two Worlds (1921) Roads of Destiny (1921) A Voice in the Dark (1921) The Invisible Power (1921) The Grim Comedian (1921) The Man from Lost River (1921) The Eternal Flame (1922) The Sin Flood (1922) Oliver Twist (1922) The Voice from the Minaret (1923) Within the Law (1923) Ashes of Vengeance (1923) Black Oxen (1923) The Sea Hawk (1924) The Silent Watcher (1924) Her Husband's Secret (1925) Winds of Chance (1925) The Splendid Road (1925) The Wise Guy (1926) The Eagle of the Sea (1926) Children of Divorce (1927) Adoration (1928) Weary River (1929) The Divine Lady (1929) Drag (1929) Dark Streets (1929) Young Nowheres (1929)

1930s	Son of the Gods (1930) The Way of All Men (1930) The Lash (1930) The Right of Way (1931) East Lynne (1931) The Age for Love (1931) A Passport to Hell (1932) Cavalcade (1933) Berkeley Square (1933) Hoop-La (1933) Servants' Entrance (1934) Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) Under Two Flags (1936) Maid of Salem (1937) Wells Fargo (1937) If I Were King (1938) Rulers of the Sea (1939)

1940s	The Howards of Virginia (1940) This Woman is Mine (1941) The Lady from Cheyenne (1941) Forever and a Day (1943) Blood on the Sun (1945)

1950s	The Shanghai Story (1954) The Last Command (1955)

Productions	Saboteur (1942) The Spoilers (1942) Invisible Agent (1942)

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