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A Lesson from the Far East

A Lesson from the Far East

1915Short
ShortDrama

An American missionary to China goes back home, then returns to China to marry his Chinese sweetheart.

Director
Clem Easton
Writers
N/A
Stars
Ben F. Wilson, Joseph W. Girard, Dorothy Phillips
Release Date
April 4, 1915
Language
None, English
Country
United States
💬 1
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Ben F. Wilson
Ben F. Wilson
as Reverend Hobart Ross
Joseph W. Girard
Joseph W. Girard
as Hobart's Father
Dorothy Phillips
Dorothy Phillips
as Wee Sin
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Gene Luneska
as The Second Mrs. Ross
Elsie MacLeod
Elsie MacLeod
as Ann - Mrs. Ross's Sister

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Production
Rex Motion Picture Company

🏷️ Keywords

holiday

🎯 Categories

DramaShort

⭐ Featured Review

Not powerful
by deickemeyer2019-11-19

"A well-constructed, though not powerful, two-reel offering, featuring Ben Wilson as a young Chinese missionary. He leaves the native girl, with whom he is in love, and returns to America. Here he meets his father's second wife and her sister, Anne. Two intrigues develop, the stepmother trying to win the young missionary's love and Anne falling into the hands of a young man whom the missionary forces to wed her. The photography is good and the scenes are attractive; the supporting cast is also competent. The missionary returns to his Chinese sweetheart. A fresh plot worked out quite e..."

📖 Synopsis

An American missionary to China goes back home, then returns to China to marry his Chinese sweetheart.