''A Japanese Nightingale'' is a 1918 American silent

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directed by

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and starring

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, W.E. Lawrence and Yukio Aoyama.Motion Picture Guide Silent Film 1910-1936 p.368 It was adapted from a 1903 play of the same name by William Young, which was adapted from an Winnifred Eaton novel (published under the pseudonym "Otono Watanna"). In turn,

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and

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adapted the play for the screen.

Plot

Cast

as Yuki * W.E. Lawrence as John Bigelow * Yukio Aoyama

Preservation

A print of ''A Japanese Nightingale'' is held by the Archives du Film du CNC in Bois d'Arcy.

References

Bibliography

* Jay Robert Nash, Robert Connelly & Stanley Ralph Ross. ''Motion Picture Guide Silent Film 1910-1936''. Cinebooks, 1988. .

External links

* 1918 films 1918 drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films Films directed by George Fitzmaurice 1910s American films English-language drama films {{1910s-drama-film-stub