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The Forbidden City
(1918)

Norma Talmadge stars as a Chinese girl in love with an American in China. Talmadge then plays their daughter in search for her lost father. E.A. Warren plays an early Chinese role, which would become a staple in his career.

2004 Grapevine Video edition

The Forbidden City (1918), black & white, 62 minutes, not rated,
with The Social Secretary (1916), color-toned black & white, 52 minutes, not rated.

Grapevine Video, 10042, UPC 8-42614-10042-0.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, one single-sided, single-layered DVD-R disc, Region 0, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, PCM 2.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, 6 chapter stops, keep case, $14.95.
DVD release date: 2004.
Country of origin: USA

This budget edition has been mastered from a very-good 16mm reduction print.

The film is accompanied by a music score performed on piano that was likely taken from the source print’s optical soundtrack.

 

This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc is available directly from Grapevine Video.

Other silent era NORMA TALMADGE films available on home video.
 
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