Mahlee and Blanche Sackville are half-sisters, Blanche the daughter of an Englishman and his wife, Mahlee of the Englishman and his Chinese mistress. Mahlee rejects her people and attempts to find a life for herself among the Europeans. But she finds the color line impossible to pass and returns to lead her Chinese people in rebellion.

• Metro Pictures Corporation
• Alla Nazimova
• Noah Beery
• Edward Connelly
• Frank Currier
• Darrell Foss
• Winter Hall
• Harry Mann
• Virginia Ross