The Toll of the Sea

The Toll of the Sea

The Toll of the Sea is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Chester M. Franklin, produced by the Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation, released by Metro Pictures, and featuring Anna May Wong in her first leading role. The film was written by Frances Marion and directed by Chester M. Franklin (brother of director Sidney Franklin), with the lead roles played by Wong and Kenneth Harlan. The plot was a variation of the Madama Butterfly story, set in China instead of Japan. The film was the second Technicolor feature (after 1917's The Gulf Between), the first color feature made in Hollywood, and the first Technicolor color feature anywhere that did not require a special projector to be shown. The film premiered on 26 November 1922 at the Rialto Theatre in New York City, and went into general release on 22 January 1923.

Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
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1922
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Old Chinese Gentleman:
Whence comes this foreign face?

Lotus Flower:
Alone in my garden I heard the cry of wind and wave. I came hurrying fast - and he was here!

Old Chinese Gentleman:
Beware of this stranger! The sea is treacherous. His coming bodes no good!

Title Card:
Perhaps it was the Springtime - but the girl seemed very beautiful in the boy's eyes - and so he had lingered on.

Allen Carver:
How would you like to go to America, Lotus Flower?

Lotus Flower:
You take me to those United States? Christian lady at Mission tell me America fine place. Women free - can spend all husband's money.

Title Card:
The garden knew she loved him, for her laughter stirred the rose leaves.

American Navy Officer:
Surely you don't believe you're in love with her?

Allen Carver:
Why not? She's sweet and charming - and different...

American Navy Officer:
That's just it, Allen; she is different...

Lotus Flower:
We will have what you call in American a-a- - is it a great lark or great sparrow you call those good times in America?

Lotus Flower:
Oh, my husband, I love you so! If you no come back to me, you make my heart go dead.

Title Card:
At the foot of the garden waited the restless sea.

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