Drifting (1923)

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Director:

Tod Browning

Writers:

Daisy H. Andrews (play)
Gardner Bradford (titles)

Release Date:

26 August 1923 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

In Shanghai, an American girl smuggling opium is put under surveillance by an American agent disguised as a mining engineer...

Plot Keywords:

One Word Title | Melodrama | Racial Stereotype | Based On Play

Cast

Priscilla Dean	...	Cassie Cook / Lucille Preston
Matt Moore	...	Capt. Arthur Jarvis
Wallace Beery	...	Jules Repin
J. Farrell MacDonald	...	Murphy
Rose Dione	...	Madame Polly Voo
Edna Tichenor	...	Molly Norton
William V. Mong	...	Dr. Li
Anna May Wong	...	Rose Li
Bruce Guerin	...	Billy Hepburn
Marie De Albert	...	Mrs. Hepburn
William F. Moran	...	Mr. Hepburn
Frank Lanning	...	Chang Wang

Runtime:

70 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Silent

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

A Jewel Production. Universal, not owning a theater chain, devised a 3-tiered brand system that helped it market its feature product to independent theater owners: Red Feather (low-budget), Bluebird (mainstream releases) and Jewel (prestige productions). Jewels would often receive special promotion and be marketed with an eye for higher roadshow ticket prices. The studio would cease this brand-driven marketing system in late 1929.

Movie Connections:

Remade as Shanghai Lady (1929)