The Willow Tree (1920)
The Romantic Fantasy of Old Japan Starring Dainty and Adorable VIOLA DANA
After Ned Hamilton is rejected by his girlfriend, he travels to Japan where he hears an old legend about the Willow Tree Princess, who kills herself so that her lover will go off to battle. When he makes a purchase from Tomotada, an image maker, he meets his pretty daughter O-Riu, and they recreate the events of the legend.
- Date of release
- 1920-01-31
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 0m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Henry Otto
Casting
- Viola Dana — O-Riu
- Edward Connelly — Tomotada
- Pell Trenton — Ned Hamilton
- Harry Dunkinson — Jeoffrey Fuller
- Alice Wilson — Mary Fuller
- Frank Tokunaga — John Charles Goto
- Togo Yamamoto — Itomudo
- George Kuwa — Kimura
- Tom Ricketts — Priest
- Yutaka Abe — Nogo
Interesting facts
The Willow Tree is a surviving 1920 American silent film directed by Henry Otto and distributed by Metro Pictures. The film is based on a Broadway play, The Willow Tree, by J. H. Benrimo and Harrison Rhodes. Fay Bainter starred in the Broadway play in 1917. The film stars Viola Dana and is preserved in the George Eastman House Motion Picture Collection.
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