
The love story of an abused English girl and a Chinese Buddhist in a time when London was a brutal and harsh place to live.


“For every joy the sea casts up, it takes a toll of twice that joy in sorrow.”
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.

Beatrice Bentley
Barbara 'Elsie' Carver

Kenneth Harlan
Allen Carver

Anna May Wong
Lotus Flower

Priscilla Moran
Little Allen

Etta Lee
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Ming Young
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The Toll of the Sea is a drama, romance film released in 1923 exploring themes of suicide, culture clash, based on play or musical, silent film, mixed race child, partially lost film. Directed by Chester M. Franklin, it stars Beatrice Bentley, Kenneth Harlan, Anna May Wong. 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.
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