His Birthright
William Worthington (USA 1918)
Silent, Dutch intertitles, 48 minutes, reproduced with original tints.
Young Yukio (Hayakawa) travels to US from Japan, to revenge the American admiral who he holds responsible for his mother’s suicide. Yukio gets involved in the scheme of a gang of spies who order him to steal secret documents from the admiral. Yukio does what is asked of him, but regrets his deeds as it becomes clear that the admiral is his long lost father. Reels 1 and 4 out of 5 are missing.

The Courageous Coward
William Worthington (USA 1919)
Silent, Dutch intertitles, 14 minutes, reproduced with original tints.
The Japanese-American law student Suki Iota (Hayakawa) investigates a murder. He lives with his guardian and is secretly in love with his ward’s niece Rei (Tsuru Aoki). When he discovers that Rei’s American friend Tom Kirby is the murderer, he withdraws from the case in order not to embarrass Rei. Suki is called a coward, but when Tom confesses publicly a rehabilitation follows and Suki is regarded as a valuable member of American society. Only the last reel of The Courageous Coward is known to have survived.

The Man Beneath
William Worthington (USA 1919)
Silent, Dutch intertitles, 66 minutes reproduced with original tints.
The Indian doctor Chindi Ashutor (Hayakawa) falls in love with the Scottish Kate Erskine. Kate’s sister Mary is engaged to Ashutor’s fellow student James Bassett. Kate refuses to marry Ashutor because she fears the social consequences of a mixed marriage. In the meantime Bassett falls under the spell of a religious sect. Ashutor intervenes but cannot prevent a death. The honoured scientist returns to India without any illusions about the British class dominated society. The Man Beneath has survived almost completely.

The Wicked Darling, Beyond The Rocks, The Passion of Joan of Arc, now Hayakawa... Scandinavia is Lost Film Recovery Central.

Did I ever mention that the nitrate copy of Jeanne d'Arc was found at an insane asylum in 1981 only a couple of kilometers from where I grew up?

The Wicked Darling, Beyond The Rocks, The Passion of Joan of Arc, now Hayakawa... Scandinavia is Lost Film Recovery Central.

The Wicked Darling, Beyond The Rocks, The Passion of Joan of Arc, now Hayakawa... Scandinavia is Lost Film Recovery Central.

Did I ever mention that the nitrate copy of Jeanne d'Arc was found at an insane asylum in 1981 where I grew up?

This movie was considered lost for a long time. In 1978 an almost complete print was found in the estate of an Italian priest who had organised screenings in mental hospitals.