The Chinatown Mystery (1915)
Frank Sloan, the best reporter on the "Daily Metropolitan," is detailed to work in Chinatown to solve the mystery of the disappearance of Chinese slave girl Woo. Sloan's nerves become unstrung from overwork and he forms the opium habit. He loses his position on the newspaper and is jilted by his fiancee. He quickly goes to the dogs. Sometime later there is a big murder mystery in Chinatown and Sloan, while in the opium den, overhears Yo Hong confessing to the murder to another Chinaman. Sloan tells Captain Wells that he has located the murderer and will deliver him over to the authorities if the captain will promise to keep the arrest a secret for an hour, in order to allow Sloan to secure a "scoop" for his old paper. Wells promises this, and Sloan affects the capture of Yo Hong, and also gets the big story for his paper. That night, as a last resort to save Sloan and cure him of his habit, his friends resolve to shanghai him aboard a schooner bound for a long voyage. This is done, and, after much suffering, Sloan is cured. On his return to the home port he is met by Grace (his former fiancee) and her brother Jimmy, and they reconcile happily.
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Reginald Barker | Director |
| Monte M. Katterjohn | Writer |
| Thomas H. Ince | Producer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Howard Hickman | |
| Leona Hutton | |
| Sessue Hayakawa | |
| Tsuru Aoki |
