The Forbidden City is a 1918 American silent drama film starring Norma Talmadge and Thomas Meighan and directed by Sidney Franklin. A copy of the film is in the Library of Congress and other film archives.Progressive Silent Film List: The Forbidden City at silentera.com
Plot The plot centers around an inter-racial romance between a Chinese princess (Talmadge) and an American (Meighan). When palace officials discover she has become pregnant, she is sentenced to death. In the latter part of the film Talmadge plays the now adult daughter of the affair, seeking her father in the Philippines.
Cast (in credits order) Norma Talmadge as San San / Toy Thomas Meighan as John Worden E. Alyn Warren as Wong Li Michael Rayle as Mandarin L. Rogers Lytton as Chinese Emperor Reid Hamilton as Lieutenant Philip Halbert Charles Fang as Yuan-Loo
References
External links
Norma Talmadge Film website
The Forbidden City