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FOR THE FREEDOM OF THE EAST FOR THE FREEDOM OF THE EAST 1sh OR search current auctions Auction History Result 6c226 FOR THE FREEDOM OF THE EAST 1sh 1918 Lady Tsen Mei, the screen's first & only Chinese star! Date Sold 5/3/2018 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Tri-Folded One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) For the Freedom of the East, the 1918 Ira M. Lowry silent World War I (WWI) interracial romance romantic love triangle spy espionage melodrama (about a Chinese princess in China during World War I, and she has been leading a resistance group against German spies in China, but she learns that the Chinese viceroy has given his allegiance to Germany, and she finds proof of that and gives it to an American agent, with whom she has fallen in love; she is engaged, and her jealous fiance lies to her and tells her the American is in love with an American girl, and the princess tells the Germans about the papers he has, but before he can be killed, she saves him!) starring Lady Tsen Mei (billed as "The screen's first and only Chinese star"; as Princess Tsu-Kin-Su), Lai Mon Kim, H.H. Pattee, Ben Hendricks Jr., and Robert Elliott. Note that this is a "lost" film which means that no surviving copies are thought to exist. Also note that the movie ends with the Chinese princess saving the American, but realizing that she really does love her fiance, a prince, and they get married. Clearly this unlikely ending was tacked on because the producers of the movie couldn't have it end with her married to the American, due to the great prejudices of American audiences of that time. Finally, note that the prejudices of this time did not end with the movie script! Apparently, American audiences were not ready for a "Chinese star", because this actress, Lady Tsen Mei, made one more movie three years later, and then made a final return to the screen in 1929, when she played the major role of the vengeful Asian woman in "The Letter" in 1929 (the part that would be played by Gale Sondergaard in the 1940 version). We don't know what she did in all the years that she wasn't making movies. If anyone knows more about her, please e-mail us and we will post it here. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that this poster was lightly partially tri-folded, but it has never really been folded, so it will be sent rolled in a tube. Condition: very good to fine. Someone once lightly started to tri-fold the poster and thought better of it, so there are now faint partial creases in those three areas. There are some tiny stains around the edges of the poster in the blank borders, with a few very tiny tears in the borders. There is tiny paper loss in the bottom right corner. Other than the above, the poster is in really nice condition (especially considering it is a century old!), and after a simple linenbacking, it will look incredible and not require paint restoration anywhere in the image. Learn More about condition grades 
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