Sessue Hayakawa
The Geisha Boy (1958)
The Geisha Boy is a 1958 American comedy film starring Jerry Lewis, distributed by Paramount Pictures. Filmed from June 16 to August 7, 1958, it had its first screening in New York City on December 19, 1958. This motion picture featured the film debut of Suzanne Pleshette.
Starring: Suzanne Pleshette•Earle Foxe•Blanche Sweet
Tokyo Joe (1949)
Tokyo Joe is a 1949 American film noir crime film directed by Stuart Heisler and starring Humphrey Bogart. This was Heisler's first of two features starring Bogart, the other was Chain Lightning that also wrapped in 1949 but was held up in release until 1950.
Starring: Suzanne Pleshette•Marin Sais
Daughter of the Dragon (1931)
Daughter of the Dragon is a 1931 American pre-Code crime mystery film directed by Lloyd Corrigan, released by Paramount Pictures, and starring Anna May Wong as Princess Ling Moy, Sessue Hayakawa as Ah Kee, and Warner Oland as Dr. Fu Manchu. The film was made to capitalize on Sax Rohmer's then current book, Daughter of Fu Manchu, which Paramount did...
Starring: Suzanne Pleshette•Allan Forrest•Vivian Martin
The Danger Line (1924)
The Danger Line is a 1924 American silent film directed by Édouard-Émile Violet and featuring Sessue Hayakawa, Tsuru Aoki, Gina Palerme and Francis Ward in pivotal roles. It was produced by Robertson-Cole Pictures Corporation and premiered in USA on May 26, 1924. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States l...
Starring: Suzanne Pleshette•Jerry Lewis•Frank Borzage
Five Days to Live (1922)
Five Days to Live is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Norman Dawn and featuring Sessue Hayakawa, Tsuru Aoki, Goro Kino, Misao Seki, Toyo Fujita, and George Kuwa.
Starring: Suzanne Pleshette•Jerry Lewis
The Vermilion Pencil (1922)
The Vermilion Pencil is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Norman Dawn, and produced and distributed by Robertson–Cole. It is based on the eponymous 1908 novel by Homer Lea. The film stars Japanese actor Sessue Hayakawa in multiple roles, and white actors Ann May, Bessie Love, and Sidney Franklin, all in Asian roles. It is now a lost fil...
Starring: Suzanne Pleshette•Cleo Ridgely
Black Roses (1921)
Black Roses is a 1921 American crime drama film directed by Colin Campbell. Sessue Hayakawa, Myrtle Stedman, Tsuru Aoki, Andrew Robson, and Toyo Fujita appeared in the film.
Starring: Suzanne Pleshette•Jerry Lewis•Myrtle Stedman
The First Born (1921)
The First Born is a 1921 American silent film romantic drama directed by Colin Campbell and produced by and starring Sessue Hayakawa. It was distributed by the Robertson-Cole Company.
Starring: Suzanne Pleshette•Rhea Mitchell•Bessie Love
The Swamp (1921)
The Swamp is a 1921 American silent drama film released by the Robertson-Cole Pictures Corporation and directed by Colin Campbell. The film was written and produced by Sessue Hayakawa, who also co-stars with Bessie Love. A print of this film is preserved at the Gosfilmofond archive in Moscow.
Starring: Suzanne Pleshette•Fritzi Brunette•Jack Holt
Where Lights Are Low (1921)
Where Lights Are Low is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Colin Campbell and starring Sessue Hayakawa, Tôgô Yamamoto, and Goro Kino.
Starring: Suzanne Pleshette•Vola Vale•Florence Vidor
An Arabian Knight (1920)
An Arabian Knight is a 1920 American drama film directed by Charles Swickard and produced by Sessue Hayakawa's Haworth Pictures Corporation. Its survival status is classified as unknown, which suggests that it is a lost film.
Starring: Helen Jerome Eddy•Suzanne Pleshette
The Beggar Prince (1920)
The Beggar Prince is a lost 1920 film directed by William Worthington and produced by Sessue Hayakawa's Haworth Pictures Corporation.
Starring: Suzanne Pleshette•Colleen Moore
The Brand of Lopez (1920)
The Brand of Lopez is a 1920 American film directed by Joseph De Grasse and produced by Sessue Hayakawa's Haworth Pictures Corporation. Although the main characters are a matador and an actress, there are no bull fighting or theater scenes portrayed in the film.
Starring: Lillian Langdon•Suzanne Pleshette
The Devil's Claim (1920)
The Devil's Claim is a 1920 American silent drama film starring Sessue Hayakawa and Colleen Moore. A print of this film survives.
Starring: Suzanne Pleshette•Mabel Ballin•Louis Willoughby
Li Ting Lang (1920)
Li Ting Lang is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Charles Swickard and produced by Sessue Hayakawa's Haworth Pictures Corporation. The film was based on the short story Li Ting Lang, Chinese Gentleman, by Howard P. Rockey, which was published in the December 1916 issue of The Green Book Magazine.
Starring: Josef Swickard•Suzanne Pleshette
Bonds of Honor (1919)
Bonds of Honor is a 1919 American silent film directed by William Worthington. Sessue Hayakawa's Haworth Pictures Corporation produced the film and he himself played the leading roles along with his wife Tsuru Aoki. Marin Sais, Dagmar Godowsky, Herschel Mayall, Toyo Fujita and M. Foshida also appeared in the film.
Starring: Togo Yamamoto•Suzanne Pleshette
The Courageous Coward (1919)
The Courageous Coward is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by William Worthington and featuring Sessue Hayakawa and Tsuru Aoki in lead roles. It is presumed to be a lost film, with only reel 5 preserved at the EYE Film Institute Netherlands film archive.
Starring: Suzanne Pleshette•Jerry Lewis
The Dragon Painter (1919)
The Dragon Painter is a 1919 English language silent romance drama film. It is based on the novel of the same name, written by Mary McNeil Fenollosa. It stars Sessue Hayakawa as a young painter who believes that his fiancée, is a princess who has been captured and turned into a dragon. It was directed by William Worthington and filmed in Yosemite V...
Starring: Suzanne Pleshette•Jerry Lewis
The Gray Horizon (1919)
The Gray Horizon is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by William Worthington. Sessue Hayakawa's Haworth Pictures Corporation produced the film and he himself played the lead role. Bertram Grassby, Tsuru Aoki, Eileen Percy, Mary Jane Irving, and Andrew Robson also featured in the film.
Starring: Suzanne Pleshette•Earle Foxe
A Heart in Pawn (1919)
A Heart in Pawn is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by William Worthington. Sessue Hayakawa's Haworth Pictures Corporation produced the film and Worthington played the lead role along with Vola Vale and his wife Tsuru Aoki.
Starring: Suzanne Pleshette•George Kuwa
His Debt (1919)
His Debt is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by William Worthington and produced by Haworth Pictures Corporation.
Starring: Suzanne Pleshette•John Gilbert
The Illustrious Prince (1919)
The Illustrious Prince is a 1919 American drama film directed by William Worthington and produced by Sessue Hayakawa's Haworth Pictures Corporation.
Starring: Suzanne Pleshette•Vivian Martin
The Man Beneath (1919)
The Man Beneath is a 1919 American silent crime drama film directed by William Worthington and produced by Sessue Hayakawa's Haworth Pictures Corporation. An incomplete copy of the film is in the collection of the EYE Film Institute Netherlands.
Starring: Suzanne Pleshette•Frank Borzage•Rhea Mitchell
The Tong Man (1919)
The Tong Man is a 1919 American thriller film directed by William Worthington and produced by Haworth Pictures Corporation.
Starring: Suzanne Pleshette•Rhea Mitchell
The Bravest Way (1918)
The Bravest Way is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by George Melford and written by Edith M. Kennedy. The film stars Sessue Hayakawa, Florence Vidor, Tsuru Aoki, Yukio Aoyama, Jane Wolfe, and Winter Hall. The film was released on June 16, 1918, by Paramount Pictures.
Starring: Suzanne Pleshette•Jerry Lewis•Margaret Loomis
The City of Dim Faces (1918)
The City of Dim Faces is a lost 1918 silent film directed by George Melford and starring Sessue Hayakawa. It was produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures.
Starring: Togo Yamamoto•Suzanne Pleshette•Raymond Hatton
The Hidden Pearls (1918)
The Hidden Pearls is a surviving 1918 American silent drama film directed by George Melford and starring Sessue Hayakawa. It was produced by Adolph Zukor and Jesse Lasky and distributed by Famous Players-Lasky and Paramount Pictures. The production was shot in Hawaii.
Starring: Suzanne Pleshette•Margaret Loomis•Cleo Ridgely
His Birthright (1918)
His Birthright is a 1918 American drama film directed by William Worthington for Haworth Pictures Corporation. Sessue Hayakawa produced the film and played the lead role. The rest of the cast includes Marin Sais, Howard Davies, Mary Anderson, and Hayakawa's wife Tsuru Aoki.
Starring: Togo Yamamoto•Suzanne Pleshette•Jerry Lewis
The Honor of His House (1918)
The Honor of His House is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by William C. deMille and written by Marion Fairfax. The film stars Sessue Hayakawa, Florence Vidor, Jack Holt, Mayme Kelso, Kisaburo Kurihara, and Forrest Seabury. The film was released on 1 April 1918, by Paramount Pictures.
Starring: Suzanne Pleshette•Louis Willoughby•Margaret Loomis
The Temple of Dusk (1918)
The Temple of Dusk is a lost 1918 American silent drama film directed by James Young. It was produced by Sessue Hayakawa's Haworth Pictures Corporation.
Starring: Suzanne Pleshette•John Gilbert•Fritzi Brunette
The White Man's Law (1918)
The White Man's Law is a surviving 1918 American silent drama film directed by James Young and written by Marion Fairfax and John B. Browne. The film stars Sessue Hayakawa, Florence Vidor, Jack Holt, Herbert Standing, Mayme Kelso, and Forrest Seabury. The film was released on May 6, 1918, by Paramount Pictures.
Starring: Suzanne Pleshette•Louis Willoughby•Margaret Loomis
The Bottle Imp (1917)
The Bottle Imp is a 1917 silent fantasy film produced by Jesse Lasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures. It is taken from the Robert Louis Stevenson short story, "The Bottle Imp". The movie was directed by Marshall Neilan in Hawaii and stars Japanese actor Sessue Hayakawa.
Starring: Suzanne Pleshette•Vola Vale
The Call of the East (1917)
The Call of the East is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by George Melford and written by Beulah Marie Dix. The film stars Sessue Hayakawa, Tsuru Aoki, Jack Holt, Margaret Loomis, James Cruze, and Ernest Joy. The film was released on October 15, 1917, by Paramount Pictures. It is not known whether the film currently survives, which sugges...
Starring: Suzanne Pleshette•Jerry Lewis•Louis Willoughby
Each to His Kind (1917)
Each to His Kind is a lost 1917 American drama silent film directed by Edward LeSaint and written by George DuBois Proctor and Paul West. The film stars Sessue Hayakawa, Tsuru Aoki, Vola Vale, Ernest Joy, Eugene Pallette and Guy Oliver. The film was released on February 5, 1917, by Paramount Pictures.
Starring: Suzanne Pleshette•Jerry Lewis•George Kuwa
Forbidden Paths (1917)
Forbidden Paths is a 1917 American drama silent film directed by Robert Thornby and written by Beatrice DeMille, Leighton Osmun and Eve Unsell. The film stars Vivian Martin, Sessue Hayakawa, Tom Forman, Carmen Phillips, James Neill and Ernest Joy. The film was released on July 12, 1917, by Paramount Pictures.
Starring: Eileen Percy•Suzanne Pleshette
Hashimura Togo (1917)
Hashimura Togo is a 1917 American silent comedy film directed by William C. deMille and written by Marion Fairfax and Wallace Irwin. The film stars Sessue Hayakawa, Florence Vidor, Mabel Van Buren, Walter Long, Tom Forman, and Raymond Hatton. The film was released on August 19, 1917, by Paramount Pictures.
Starring: Suzanne Pleshette•Margaret Loomis
The Jaguar's Claws (1917)
The Jaguar's Claws is a 1917 American Western silent film directed by Marshall Neilan and written by William M. McCoy, Beatrice DeMille and Leighton Osmun. The film stars Sessue Hayakawa, Fritzi Brunette, Tom Moore, Marjorie Daw, Tom Forman and Mabel Van Buren. The film was released on June 11, 1917, by Paramount Pictures.
Starring: Suzanne Pleshette•Mabel Ballin
The Secret Game (1917)
The Secret Game is a surviving 1917 American silent drama film produced by Jesse Lasky and released through Paramount Pictures. It was directed by William C. deMille and starred Sessue Hayakawa. It survives complete at the Library of Congress and was released on DVD.
Starring: Suzanne Pleshette•Louis Willoughby•Margaret Loomis
Alien Souls (1916)
Alien Souls is a lost 1916 silent film feature directed by Frank Reicher and starring Sessue Hayakawa, his real-life wife Tsuru Aoki and Earle Foxe.
Starring: Earle Foxe•Suzanne Pleshette•Jerry Lewis
The Honorable Friend (1916)
The Honorable Friend is a 1916 American drama silent film directed by Edward LeSaint and written by Elizabeth McGaffey and Eve Unsell. The film stars Sessue Hayakawa, Tsuru Aoki, Raymond Hatton, Goro Kino, M. Matsumato and William Elmer. The film was released on August 27, 1916, by Paramount Pictures.
Starring: Suzanne Pleshette•Jerry Lewis•Blanche Sweet
The Soul of Kura San (1916)
The Soul of Kura San is a lost 1916 American drama silent film directed by Edward LeSaint and written by Charles Sarver. The film stars Sessue Hayakawa, Myrtle Stedman, Tsuru Aoki, George Webb, Kisaburo Kurihara and George Kuwa. The film was released on October 30, 1916, by Paramount Pictures.
Starring: Suzanne Pleshette•Jerry Lewis•Myrtle Stedman
The Victoria Cross (1916)
The Victoria Cross is a surviving 1916 American drama silent film directed by Edward LeSaint and written by Paul M. Potter and Margaret Turnbull. The film stars Lou Tellegen, Cleo Ridgely, Sessue Hayakawa, Ernest Joy, Mabel Van Buren and Frank Lanning. The film was released on December 14, 1916, by Paramount Pictures.
Starring: Suzanne Pleshette•Edward Abeles•Frank Borzage
After Five (1915)
After Five is a 1915 American silent thriller comedy film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and Oscar Apfel. Based on the play of the same name by DeMille and his brother William, the film stars Edward Abeles.
Starring: Thomas Meighan•Suzanne Pleshette
The Cheat (1915)
The Cheat is a 1915 American silent drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille, starring Fannie Ward, Sessue Hayakawa, and Jack Dean, Ward's real-life husband.
Starring: Suzanne Pleshette•Raymond Hatton
The Clue (1915)
The Clue is a lost 1915 American drama silent film directed by James Neill and Frank Reicher and written by Margaret Turnbull. The film stars Blanche Sweet, Gertrude Kellar, Edward MacKay, Sessue Hayakawa, Page Peters and Ernest Joy. The film was released on July 8, 1915, by Paramount Pictures.
Starring: Cleo Ridgely•Suzanne Pleshette
The Secret Sin (1915)
The Secret Sin is a surviving 1915 silent film drama produced by Jesse Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Frank Reicher and starred Blanche Sweet, Thomas Meighan and Sessue Hayakawa. This film often thought lost actually survives at the Library of Congress and along with a few other surviving Lasky features from 1915-17...
Starring: Cleo Ridgely•Suzanne Pleshette•Lou Tellegen
The Wrath of the Gods (1914)
The Wrath of the Gods is a 1914 American silent drama film directed by Reginald Barker and starring Sessue Hayakawa, Tsuru Aoki, Frank Borzage, Thomas Kurihara and Henry Kotani. This was the first feature film appearance of Hayakawa and the directorial debut of Barker.
Starring: Suzanne Pleshette•Jerry Lewis•Frank Borzage