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Writers:

Hector Turnbull (scenario) and
Jeanie Macpherson (scenario)

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Release Date:

13 December 1915 (USA) more

Genre:

Drama more

Plot:

A venal, spoiled stockbroker's wife impulsively embezzles $10,000 from the charity she chairs and desperately turns to a Japanese ivory trader to replace the stolen money. full summary | add synopsis

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Awards:

1 win more

NewsDesk:
(2 articles)

DVD Playhouse: April 2009
 (From The Hollywood Interview. 11 April 2009, 11:58 AM, PDT)

This Week On DVD and Blu-ray: April 7, 2009
 (From Rope Of Silicon. 7 April 2009, 1:36 AM, PDT)

User Comments:

a shadow from the past more (27 total)


Cast

  (Complete credited cast)
Fannie Ward ... Edith Hardy
Sessue Hayakawa ... Hishuru Tori (original release) / Haka Arakau (in 1918 re-release)
Jack Dean ... Richard Hardy
James Neill ... Jones
Yutaka Abe ... Tori's Valet
Dana Ong ... District Attorney
Hazel Childers ... Mrs. Reynolds
Arthur H. Williams ... Courtroom Judge (as Judge Arthur H. Williams)
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Additional Details

Runtime:

59 min (1994 alternate version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Silent

Certification:

USA:Not Rated


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

Because of a protest from the Japanese Association of Southern California, Sessue Hayakawa's name and nationality was changed for the 1918 re-release. Originally he was a Japanese called Hishuru Tori; in the re-issue he was a Burmese called Haka Arakau. more

Goofs:

Continuity: According to the date on the check, the shooting occurred on September 17th. However, the next day's newspaper which reports the crime is dated April 27th. more

Quotes:

Haka Arakau: [to Edith] You cannot cheat me twice. more

Movie Connections:

Featured in Why Be Good? Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007) more


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a shadow from the past, 8 June 2004
Author: mightymezzo from San Jose, CA

Funny how one can be transfixed by a shadow made nearly ninety years ago. I found myself watching this for handsome Sessue Hayakawa's character, half all-American young-man-about-town, half exotic (and oh yes, evil) Oriental despot. Fannie Ward's character doesn't look much better, a woman so insecure and vain that when her husband cuts off her clothing allowance (four hundred 1915 dollars for a negligee!!), she embezzles Red Cross funds and takes a flyer on the stock market. Indeed, the only character who comes out looking remotely virtuous is her long-suffering husband, who tries to protect his bubble-headed wife by confessing to a crime she committed. Yes, it's a period piece, but as those go, it's not bad.

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