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Son of the Gods (1930)

Son of the Gods (1930)

Drama
Release Date: 1930, March 9
Directors: Frank Lloyd
Countries: United States of America
Production: First National Pictures, First National Pictures
Cast: Richard Barthelmess, Anders Randolf, Frank Albertson, E. Alyn Warren, Bess Flowers, Robert Homans, Dickie Moore, Claude King, George Irving, Constance Bennett, James Eagles, Barbara Leonard

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

death love regret honor policeman ostracism racial prejudice wealth disgust chinese revelation rejection socialite pre-code flogging young gentleman stigma contempt