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The Son-Daughter is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Clarence Brown and written by John F. Goodrich, Claudine West, and Leon Gordon, adapted from the play of the same name by David Belasco. The film stars Helen Hayes, Ramon Novarro, Lewis Stone, Warner Oland, and Ralph Morgan.
With Helen Hayes, Ramon Novarro, Lewis Stone, Warner Oland. A large group of Chinese immigrants in San Francisco is clandestinely donating whatever money they earn to smuggle arms into China for the rebels in their fight against the centuries old Manchurian imperial oppressors.
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- Drama
- Clarence Brown, Robert Z. Leonard
- 1932-12-23
The Son-Daughter. Lovely Lian Wha (Helen Hayes) is heralded within San Francisco's Chinatown for her kindness and beauty. Yet, for all her admirers, she has eyes only for curious college student...
- Drama
- Helen Hayes
- Clarence Brown
The Son-Daughter is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Clarence Brown and written by John F. Goodrich, Claudine West, and Leon Gordon, adapted from the play of the same name by David Belasco. The film stars Helen Hayes, Ramon Novarro, Lewis Stone, Warner Oland, and Ralph Morgan.
The Son-Daughter (1932), a melodrama about political intrigue separating young lovers in San Francisco's Chinatown, is based on a 1919 play by David Belasco and George M. Scarborough. Although Scarborough is all but forgotten today, Belasco (1853-1931) was a prolific and vastly influential playwright, stage director and producer.
Tong reveals to his daughter his unfulfilled wish to have had a son to send to fight for his people, and Lien pledges herself to be the son he lacks, she'll be his son-daughter. Director Clarence Brown unfolds his drama in settings that are among MGM's best.
Drama. Synopsis. A large group of Chinese immigrants in San Francisco is clandestinely donating whatever money they earn to smuggle arms into China for the rebels in their fight against the centuries old Manchurian imperial oppressors.
