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Dawn of the East

Dawn of the East

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 1, 1921

Runtime

0h 50m

Genres

Drama

Original Title

Dawn of the East

Production Companies

Realart Pictures Corporation

Director

Edward H. Griffith

Description

Countess Natalya is a glamorous refugee from the Bolshevik revolution. Supporting herself and her ailing sister by dancing in a Shanghai dive, she's is talked into a marriage with a wealthy Chinese gentleman. She has been led to believe that this marriage of convenience is not binding, thus she sees no reason not to marry American diplomat Kenneth Harlan once she's arrived in the States.