''The Flower of Doom'' is a 1917 silent drama film written and directed by Rex Ingram and starring

Wedgwood Nowell Wedgwood Nowell (born Harry Wedgwood Nowell; January 24, 1878 – June 17, 1957) was an American stage and film actor, director, producer, and musician. He produced 144 plays during his stage career, which began around 1901. Later, while w ...

, Yvette Mitchell and Nicholas Dunaew. A reporter has to rescue a singer kidnapped in Chinatown.

Cast

* Wedgwood Nowell as Sam Savinsky * Yvette Mitchell as Tea Rose *

Nicholas Dunaew Nicholas is a male given name and a surname. The Eastern Orthodox Church, the Roman Catholic Church, and the Anglican Churches celebrate Saint Nicholas every year on December 6, which is the name day for "Nicholas". In Greece, the name and its ...

as Paul Rasnov * M. K. Wilson as Harvey Pearson * Gypsy Hart as Neeva Sacon * Tommy Morrissey as Buck * Frank Tokunaga as Charley Sing * Goro Kino as Ah Wong (as Gordo Keeno) *

Evelyn Selbie Evelyn Selbie (July 6, 1871 – December 7, 1950) was an American stage actress and performer in both silent and sound films. Biography Born in Louisville, Kentucky, as a young woman Selbie was a sidesaddle rider. She had a career which last ...

as Arn Fun

Preservation status

The film has been preserved from a 35mm nitrate print by

George Eastman House The George Eastman Museum, also referred to as ''George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography and Film'', the world's oldest museum dedicated to photography and one of the world's oldest film archives, opened to the public in 1949 in ...

and the

UCLA Film and Television Archive The UCLA Film & Television Archive is a visual arts organization focused on the preservation, study, and appreciation of film and television, based at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Also a nonprofit exhibition venue, the ar ...

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* * * 1917 crime drama films 1917 films American crime drama films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Films directed by Rex Ingram Universal Pictures films 1910s American films Silent American drama films {{1910s-drama-film-stub