The Vermilion Pencil (1922)
50m
Running Time
March 19, 1922Release Date
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.

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

Sidney Franklin
Fu Wong

Omar Whitehead
Ma Shue

Edwin Warren Juyol
Writer

Alice Catlin
Writer

Joseph A. Du Bray
Cinematography

Norman Dawn
Director
Details.
This Movie Is About.
based on novel or book
lost film
Wiki.
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.
After completing this film, Hayakawa learned that members of the studio who made the film were active in the anti-Japanese movement, and he left Hollywood for over a decade.