The Flower of Doom explained

The Flower of Doom
Director:	Rex Ingram
Starring:	Wedgwood Nowell Yvette Mitchell Nicholas Dunaew
Cinematography:	Duke Hayward
Studio:	Universal Film Manufacturing Company
Distributor:	Universal Film Manufacturing Company
Runtime:	approximately 70 minutes^[1]
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent English intertitles

The Flower of Doom is a 1917 silent drama film written and directed by Rex Ingram and starring Wedgwood Nowell, Yvette Mitchell and Nicholas Dunaew. A reporter has to rescue a singer kidnapped in Chinatown.

Cast

• Wedgwood Nowell as Sam Savinsky
• Yvette Mitchell as Tea Rose
• Nicholas Dunaew as Paul Rasnov
• M. K. Wilson as Harvey Pearson
• Gypsy Hart as Neeva Sacon
• Tommy Morrissey as Buck
• Frank Tokunaga as Charley Sing
• Goro Kino as Ah Wong (as Gordo Keeno)
• Evelyn Selbie as Arn Fun

Preservation status

The film has been preserved from a 35mm nitrate print by George Eastman House and the UCLA Film and Television Archive.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Chalice of Sorrow (1916) / The Flower of Doom (1917) . Steven K. Hill . UCLA Film and Television Archive . March 6, 2011 . July 6, 2015.