

The popular Caucasian-looking son (Richard Barthelmess) of a wealthy Chinese businessman lives away from his widowed father and passes as white, but experiences prejudice, rejection, insult, and heartache when the socialite (Constance Bennett) he loves learns of his heritage.
Directed by Frank Lloyd
User score
6 votes

Released
March 9, 1930
1h 30m
Mandarin, English, French
Budget → Revenue
$436.0K → $1.4M

Richard Barthelmess
Sam Lee

Constance Bennett
Allana Wagner

Anders Randolf
Mr. Wagner

E. Alyn Warren
Lee Ying

Claude King
Bathurst

Frank Albertson
Kicker
Mildred Van Dorn
Eileen

Barbara Leonard
Mabel
James Eagles
Spud (uncredited)

Bess Flowers
Casino Patron (uncredited)

Robert Homans
Dugan (uncredited)

George Irving
Attorney (uncredited)

Dorothy Mathews
Alice Hart (uncredited)

Geneva Mitchell
Connie (uncredited)

Dickie Moore
Sam Lee as a Child (uncredited)
King Hou Chang
Moy