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Son of the Gods (1930)

1h 30m

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Son of the Gods (1930)

Name: Son of the Gods
Genre: Drama
Released: 1930-03-09

1h 30m

Running Time

March 9, 1930
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Plot.

The popular Caucasian-looking son (Richard Barthelmess) of a wealthy Chinese businessman lives away from his widowed father and passes as white, but experiences prejudice, rejection, insult, and heartache when the socialite (Constance Bennett) he loves learns of his heritage.

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Release Date
March 9, 1930

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 30m

Budget
$436,000

Box Office
$1,432,000

Genres
Drama

Last updated: 2025-02-09

This Movie Is About.

regret

disgust

revelation

rejection

love

honor

wealth

chinese

policeman

death

socialite

pre-code

racial prejudice

flogging

contempt

stigma

ostracism

young gentleman

Wiki.

Son of the Gods is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic drama film with Technicolor sequences, produced and released by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. It was adapted from the novel of the same name by Rex Beach. Richard Barthelmess and Constance Bennett star as a couple in love who have a falling-out when she discovers that, though he looks Caucasian, he is actually Chinese.