The Forbidden City is a 1918 American silent drama film starring Norma Talmadge and Thomas Meighan and directed by Sidney Franklin. A copy of the film is in the Library of Congress and other film archives. Plot The plot centers around an inter-racial romance between a Chinese princess (Talmadge) and an American (Meighan). When palace officials discover she has become pregnant, she is sentenced to death. In the latter part of the film Talmadge plays the now adult daughter of the affair, seeking her father in the Philippines Cast (in credits order) Norma Talmadge as San San / Toy Thomas Meighan as John Worden E. Alyn Warren as Wong Li Michael Rayle as Mandarin L. Rogers Lytton as Chinese Emperor Reid Hamilton as Lieutenant Philip Halbert Charles Fang as Yuan-Loo References External links Norma Talmadge Film website The Forbidden City 1918 films American silent feature films American black-and-white films 1918 romantic drama films American romantic drama films Films about interracial romance Articles containing video clips Selznick Pictures films Films directed by Sidney Franklin 1910s American films Silent romantic drama films Silent American drama films