Thundergate (1923)
1h 10m
Running Time
October 15, 1923Release Date
Plot.
Robert Wells is an American born in China who, unbeknownst to him, has an Oriental half-brother. Wells' uncle sends him to help Ray Williams build bridges in China. Williams is in league with Chinese reactionaries and he discredits Wells by turning him into a drug addict. Wells eventually becomes an outcast and is in a stupor when he is found by his half-brother, Kong Sue, the son of the Lord of Thundergate, a powerful Mandarin reactionary.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Owen Moore
Robert Wells / Kong Sur
Virginia Brown Faire
Ellen Ainsmith / Jen Jue
Edwin B. Tilton
James Sanderson (as Edwin Booth Tilton)
Sylvia Breamer
Alberta Hayward
Robert McKim
Ray Williams
Richard Cummings
Jim Davis
W.E. Dyer
Mike
Tully Marshall
Suen Tung
Tote Du Crow
Yuen Kai
Ynez Seabury
Mey Wang
Willie Fung
Minor Role (uncredited)
Bernard Siegel
Minor Role (uncredited)
Joseph De Grasse
Director
Perry N. Vekroff
Scenario Writer
Sam Landers
Cinematography
Milton Menasco
Art Direction
Sydney Herschel Small
Story
Robert De Grasse
Cinematographer
Media.
Details.
This Movie Is About.
drugs
white slavery
yellow face
Wiki.
Thundergate is a 1923 American drama film directed by Joseph De Grasse and written by Perry N. Vekroff. The film stars Owen Moore, Virginia Brown Faire, Edwin B. Tilton, Sylvia Breamer, Robert McKim, and Richard Cummings. The film was released on October 15, 1923, by Associated First National Pictures.