
Film
The Vermilion Pencil
1922 · 50m · Drama
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Overview
The Vermilion Pencil is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Norman Dawn, and produced and distributed by Robertson–Cole. It is based on the eponymous 1908 novel by Homer Lea. The film stars Japanese actor Sessue Hayakawa in multiple roles, and white actors Ann May, Bessie Love, and Sidney Franklin, all in Asian roles. It is now a lost film.
Cast

Sessue Hayakawa
Tse Chan / The Unknown / Li Chan

Ann May
His Wife
Misao Seki
Pai Wang

Bessie Love
Hyacinth

Sidney Franklin
Fu Wong

Thomas Jefferson
Ho Ling

Tote Du Crow
The Jackal
Omar Whitehead
Ma Shue
Crew
- Norman DawnDirector
- Edwin Warren JuyolWriter
- Alice CatlinWriter
Details
- Release date
- March 19, 1922
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 50m
- Genres
- Drama
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