Way Down West (1927)

Cast

Cho-cho Lam, Li Dandan, Ge Lijiang, Li Huamin, Huang Shaofen

Overview

Based on the classic Chinese play Romance of the Western Chamber, Way Down West follows the love story between a poor scholar and wealthy woman. Unable to marry due to their social status, this changes when a bandit attacks the monastery they are staying at demanding the woman's hand. Desperate, her mother promises her hand to whomever manages to defeat the bandit.