| The Dragon Painter | |
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| Directed by | William Worthington |
| Written by | Richard Schayer |
| Based on | The Dragon Painter by Mary McNeil Fenollosa |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Frank D. Williams |
| Music by | Mark Izu, 2005 restoration |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Robertson-Cole Distributing Corporation |
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Running time | 53 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | silent |
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 (played by Hayakawa's wife Tsuru Aoki), is a princess who has been captured and turned into a dragon. It was directed by William Worthington and filmed in Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, and in the Japanese Tea Garden in Coronado, California.
The Dragon Painter was restored in 1988 by the American Film Institute with the George Eastman House and MoMA. In 2014, the film was added to the National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[1][2][3]
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- ^ "Cinematic Treasures Named to National Film Registry". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-06-08.