Mr. Wu

As it was for the ancients, so it shall ever be for China's Mr. Mandarin Wu: do not dishonor the family name. Not even Wu's beloved daughter shall be spared her father's wrath after she shares a forbidden romance with an Englishman. Nor will Wu stop there: the man's family must suffer. Top-billed Lon Chaney essays dual characters (and plays them at various times of their lives) as the sage Grandfather Wu and his grandson, the mandarin Mr. Wu. The film's poster line shrieked: She was guilty of love and the unwritten code of the East cried for vengeance! That vengeance belongs to Wu.

• drama
• silent