The Red Kimono (1925)

Original title

The Red Kimona

Directed by

Dorothy Davenport, Walter Lang

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 17m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 16 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman is forced into prostitution and struggles to escape that life. The film follows her hardships and the judgment she faces from society.

melodramaticsympatheticserioussentimentalslow-pacedearnestsomberdidactic

What happens

The Red Kimono (spelled as "The Red Kimona" in the opening credits) is a 1925 American silent drama film about prostitution produced by Dorothy Davenport (billed as Mrs. Wallace Reid) and starring Priscilla Bonner. It is the debut film of director Walter Lang. The title comes from a red-colored dress shown through the film, meant to symbolize the main character's occupation as a "scarlet woman" (a prostitute). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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