Lotus Blossom (1921)
70 min
The film is perhaps the only remaining example of silent era cinema from a Chinese-American production company, and was co-written, co-directed (with Francis J. Grandon) and produced by James B. Leong, who changed his name from Leong But-jung after emigrating from Shanghai in 1913. Of the seven reels that originally comprised 'Lotus Blossom,' only one (the fifth, running for 12 minutes at 20fps) is known to survive. This remaining reel of film is now available on Disc 2 of the DVD Collection "More Treasures from the American Film Archives," and was preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
- Release date
- December 1, 1921
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Lady Tsen Mei as Moy Tai
- Tully Marshall as Quong Foo
- Noah Beery as Tartar Chief
- Yutaka Abe as Quong Sung
- Goro Kino as The Emperor
- James Wang as Professor Lowe Team
- Chow Young as Tsze Sin
- Etta Lee as The Maid
- Sonny Loy as Child
Crew
- Francis J. Grandon · Director
- James B. Leong · Director
- Charles Furthman · Writer
- James B. Leong · Writer
- George Yohalem · Writer
- James B. Leong · Producer
- Ross Fisher · Cinematographer