Etta Lee
Actor · 1906 – 1956 · Kauai, Hawaii, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Etta Lee (born Etta Lee Frost, 1906 – 1956) was an American silent film actress. Lee was born on September 12, 1906, in Kauai, Hawaii. She was of Chinese and French descent; her father was a Chinese medical doctor and her mother was of French ancestry. She grew up in California and went on to get her degree in education at Occidental College in Los Angeles. Lee moved back to Hawaii to be a teacher, before returning to Los Angeles to begin her career as an actress.
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Movie7.3RomanceAdventureA recalcitrant thief vies with a duplicitous Mongol ruler for the hand of a beautiful princess.
The Thief of Bagdad
1924 · 190 votes
Movie4.3MysteryThrillerMr. Wong is a "harmless" Chinatown shopkeeper by day and relentless blood-thirsty pursuer of the Twelve Coins of Confucius by night. With possession of the coins, Mr. Wong will be supreme ruler of the Chinese province of Keelat, and his evil destiny will be fulfilled. A killing spree follows in dark and dangerous Chinatown as Wong gets control of 11 of the 12 coins. Reporter Jason Barton and his girl Peg are hot on his trail, but soon find themselves in serious trouble when they stumble onto Wong's headquarters.
The Mysterious Mr. Wong
1935 · 26 votes
Movie5.1ActionAdventureFort St. David, Cuddalore, southern India, 1748. While colonial empires battle to seize an enormous territory, rich in spices and precious metals beyond the wildest dreams, and try to gain the favor of the local kings, Robert Clive (1725-1774), a frustrated but talented clerk who works for the East Indian Company and struggles to earn his fortune, makes a bold decision that will change his life forever.
Clive of India
1935 · 12 votes
Movie6.3DramaRomanceA young Chinese woman saves an American man washed up onto the shore and the two fall in love, only for him to have second thoughts.
The Toll of the Sea
1923 · 31 votes
Movie5.5ComedyRomanceNick Kerry (Tullio Carminati) is a rich rounder who holds tremendous fascination over women......mainly because he is rich and has his own yacht. At Monte Carlo one evening he romances Kay Routledge (Lilian Harvey), a romantic young and gullible American girl. She takes the dilettante seriously and when he sails away on his yacht, she is heartbroken. But the memory of her haunts him, and brings him back from India and the arms of another woman,Countess Margot de Legere (Tala Birell),only to find Kay now engaged to his friend. Oh, what's a rich guy to do?
Let's Live Tonight
1935 · 2 votes
Movie8.0ComedyDramaAn American soldier falls in love with a French maiden but their romance is thwarted when the Yanks return home. Years later she comes to America to put on a fashion show and find her long lost lover.
The Dressmaker from Paris
1925 · 1 votes
- Movie8.0Drama
Newspaper reporter John Templeton is suspected of being "The Snake," the murderer of a banker who is the father of the reporter's sweetheart, Joan Renshaw. The reporter escapes from the police and, with the girl, trails "The Snake" to Shanghai, where they lure him into confessing that he was hired by the banker's partner.
Out with the Tide
1928 · 1 votes
Movie6.3DramaA white child is adopted and raised by a Chinese citizen and brought to San Francisco, where no one surmises that she is actually not Chinese.
A Tale of Two Worlds
1921 · 3 votes
Movie8.0DramaClergyman Peter leaves the pulpit to enter World War I to be near Julie, the woman he loves. They are separated, but after the war she nurses him through a long illness. He will not marry her because it would hinder the humanitarian work that he plans. She keeps her faith in him, which prompts him to return to her and marry her. A lost film.
Recompense
1925 · 1 votes
Movie10.0MysteryCrimeThe plot is motivated by a pearl necklace, which has caused the death and/or ruination of all its owners. The second screen appearance of detective Charlie Chan.
The Chinese Parrot
1927 · 1 votes
Movie7.0ComedyWilliam Hyatt (Tom Moore) runs an exclusive shoe store, and his happy marriage to Grace (Florence Vidor) is nearly derailed by his well-meaning, but hopelessly gauche pal, Al Hennessy (Sterling). Dagmar, a Parisian shoe designer (Esther Ralston) has come to town to meet with Hyatt and Hennessy, and Hennessy describes the situation to Grace in the worst possible manner, convincing her that her husband is having an affair.
The Trouble With Wives
1925 · 1 votes
Movie7.5DramaThe Most Shocking Film of 1923! Directed by Herbert Blache, The Untameable dramatizes the then-sensational subject of dual personality, with Gladys Walton in the dual role of Joy and her whip-toting, brutal, sadistic alter-ego Edna, and Etta Lee as her faithful Asian lesbian maid.
The Untameable
1923 · 2 votes
Movie3.7DramaRomanceBased on the 1852 novel and play La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils.
Camille
1927 · 3 votes
Movie10.0DramaAnthony Campbell threatens to send his daughter, Marie, to China as punishment for her continued extravagance. She welcomes the suggestion because her sweetheart, George Holt, is planning a business trip to the Orient. When they arrive, Marie's Chinese maid, Liu Po-Yat, gives her a tiny vase to keep her from harm. However, the vase was stolen years earlier from the Manchus, China's ruling dynasty, and their pursuit of the lost treasure plunges Marie and George into danger.
The Remittance Woman
1923 · 1 votes