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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1408

The Red Kimona

192577 minUnited States

Synopsis

After killing the man who exploited her, Gabrielle survives a trial but struggles to escape public judgment. A wealthy patron displays her as a charity case, while the possibility of work and affection promises a different future.

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Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs: 76:41
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

Languages and subtitles

No subtitle track in this language

Wikimedia Commons · Walter Lang / Dorothy Davenport · Public domain

Cast

Priscilla Bonner

Carl Miller

Virginia Pearson

Tyrone Power Sr.

Mary Carr

DirectorsWalter Lang Dorothy Davenport

Historical context

Dorothy Davenport produced this social drama, drawing on a real woman's story. Its use of her identity led to litigation, making the production part of the history of disputes over privacy and screen portrayals.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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Availability checked on September 16, 2026.

Photograph credit

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Priscilla Bonner — Hopkins · Public domain
Carl Miller — First National Pictures; screen capture of public domain film The Kid (1921) · Public domain
Virginia Pearson — Copyright Lumiere, NY; This image is available from the United States Library of Congress 's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID cph.3b35342 . This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing . · Public domain
Tyrone Power Sr. — Unknown author Unknown author; Photoplay , March 1916 · Public domain
Mary Carr — Apeda (Photography Studio) · Public domain

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