''The First Born'' is a 1921 American silent film romantic drama directed by

Colin Campbell Colin may refer to: * Colin (given name) * Colin (surname) * ''Colin'' (film), a 2008 Cannes film festival zombie movie * Colin (horse) (1905–1932), thoroughbred racehorse * Colin (humpback whale), a humpback whale calf abandoned north of Sydney, ...

and produced by and starring

Sessue Hayakawa , known professionally as , was a Japanese actor and a matinée idol. He was a popular star in Hollywood during the silent film era of the 1910s and early 1920s. Hayakawa was the first actor of Asian descent to achieve stardom as a leading man i ...

. It was distributed by the Robertson-Cole Company.

Cast

as Chan Wang *

Helen Jerome Eddy Helen Jerome Eddy (February 25, 1897 – January 27, 1990) was a motion picture actress from New York City. She was noted as a character actress who played genteel heroines in films such as ''Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm'' (1917). Early years Edd ...

as Loey Tsing *Sonny Loy as Chan Toy (credited as "Sonny Boy" Warde) *Goro Kino as Man Low Tek *

Marie Pavis Yvonne Pavis (12 May 1890-??) was an English-born actress, writer, and producer. She began acting in Hollywood in 1910 with the Vitagraph Company, occasionally acting under the name Marie Pavis. In 1922, she went to Australia and formed a produ ...

as Chan Lee *Frank M. Seki as Hop Lee *Wilson Hummel as Kuey Lar *

Anna May Wong Wong Liu Tsong (January 3, 1905 – February 3, 1961), known professionally as Anna May Wong, was an American actress, considered the first Chinese-American movie star in Hollywood, as well as the first Chinese-American actress to gain intern ...

Preservation status

The film is preserved at the

BFI National Archive The BFI National Archive is a department of the British Film Institute, and one of the largest film archives in the world. It was founded as the National Film Library in 1935; its first curator was Ernest Lindgren. In 1955, its name became the N ...

.The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''The First Born''
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References

External links

* * 1921 films American silent feature films Films directed by Colin Campbell Film Booking Offices of America films American black-and-white films 1921 romantic drama films 1920s American films Silent American romantic drama films {{silent-romantic-drama-film-stub