The Toll of the Sea
“For every joy the sea casts up, it takes a toll of twice that joy in sorrow.”
1923•54m•6.3•Released
DramaRomance
A young Chinese woman saves an American man washed up onto the shore and the two fall in love, only for him to have second thoughts.
Director
Chester M. Franklin
Writer
Frances Marion
Languages
No Language
Studio
Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation
Cast
Beatrice Bentley
Barbara 'Elsie' Carver
Kenneth Harlan
Allen Carver
Anna May Wong
Lotus Flower
Priscilla Moran
Little Allen
Etta Lee
Gossip
Ming Young
Gossip
Production
Company
Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation
Company
Metro Pictures Corporation
Producer
Herbert T. Kalmus
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