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Son of the Gods (1930) is an All-Talking musical drama film with Technicolor sequences. It was adapted from the novel (with the same title) by Rex Beach. Frank Lloyd (born 2 February 1886 in Glasgow, UK, died 10 August 1960 in Santa Monica, California, United States) was a film director, scriptwriter and producer. ...
Frank Lloyd (born 2 February 1886 in Glasgow, UK, died 10 August 1960 in Santa Monica, California, United States) was a film director, scriptwriter and producer. ...
Rex Beach (born September 1, 1877; died December 7, 1949) was an American novelist and playwright. ...
Richard (Dick) Barthelmess (May 9, 1895 - August 17, 1963) was a silent film star. ...
Constance Bennett on the cover of a 1930s magazine Constance Campbell Bennett (October 22, 1904 - July 24, 1965) was a US actress known more for her elegant persona than her acting talents. ...
Frank Albertson (February 2, 1909 - February 29, 1964) was an American character actor. ...
Ernest Haller, also credited as Ernie B. Haller, (31 May 1896-21 October 1970), was an American cinematographer. ...
Logo celebrating Technicolors 90th Anniversary Technicolor is the trademark for a series of color film processes pioneered by Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation (a subsidiary of Technicolor, Inc. ...
The First National Exhibitors Circuit was founded 1917 by the merger of 26 of the biggest First Run cinema chains in the United States of America, controlling more than 600 cinemas, more than 200 of them were First Run cinemas. ...
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March 9 is the 68th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (69th in leap years). ...
Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link is to a full 1930 calendar). ...
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The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...
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Synopsis A Chinese man named Sam (played by Richard Barthelmess) embarks on a world tour to discover himself and ends up as secretary to a British playwright (Claude King). Sam meets a wealthy white woman named Allana Wagner in Monte Carlo, played by Constance Bennett. Allana is attracted to Sam, not realising that he's Chinese. They fall in love. Eventually, though, she learns the truth and becomes upset. In the heat of the moment, she get into an argument with Sam and they stop talking to each other.
Plagued by guilt and love, Alanna goes into a mental spiral and makes a few attempts to contact Barthelmess. Her father, who is a racist, attempts to dissuade her because he doesn't want his daughter to be involved with a Chinese man. In spite of trying to forget him, Allana continus to be desperately in love with Sam. She falls ill and while she's on her sickbed, her father (Anders Randolf) tells Sam that Allana is calling for him in her delirium. Wagner prevails on Sam to visit his daughter. Sam does this, and she recovers, but Wagner shows no gratitude.
After his father dies he takes over the business and dons Chinese garb as a symbol of his hatred of the White race that has spurned him. After a San Francisco detective tells him the truth about his birth, that he is in fact white and was raised by Chinese parents who adopted him when he was an infant. Alanna, deciding that she can no longer live without Sam, ignores her father and goes to Same and declares her love for him before he tells her of his recent discovery...
Frank Albertson has a small role as Barthelmess' improvident buddy. Serene E. Alyn Warren and blustery Anders Randolf play the leading stars' very different fathers, while Claude King distinguishes his brief appearance as the English author who befriends Barthelmess.
Trivia - This film reflect the liberal social attitudes of the late 1920's and early 1930's. As a result of the Great Depression, the United States became more conservative and religious. Tolerance for other races, miscegenation and homosexuality quickly ended in this atmosphere. This film became illegal to view or exhibit in 1935 due to its Pre-Code content and its favorable portrayal of a loving relationship between a white woman and a Chinese man.
- One of the elaborate sets used in this film was reused from Sally (1929), a recently completed First National film.
The Great Depression was a worldwide economic downturn which started in October of 1929 and lasted through most of the 1930s. ...
Pre-Code films were created before the Motion Picture Production Code or Hays Code was put into effect in mid-1934. ...
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Songs - "Pretty Little You"
- "Le Salon Musical (Fascination)"
- "The Wedding of the Painted Doll"
Preservation The film only survives in black and white. One reel (which portrayed Chinatown in San Francisco) was originally in Technicolor but no color prints seem to have survived. Logo celebrating Technicolors 90th Anniversary Technicolor is the trademark for a series of color film processes pioneered by Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation (a subsidiary of Technicolor, Inc. ...
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