The Vermilion Pencil

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 film.

• Edwin Warren JuyolWriter
• Alice CatlinWriter
• Norman DawnDirector

• Sessue HayakawaTse Chan / The Unknown / Li Chan
• Ann MayHis Wife
• Misao SekiPai Wang
• Bessie LoveHyacinth
• Sidney FranklinFu Wong
• Thomas JeffersonHo Ling
• Tote Du CrowThe Jackal
• Omar WhiteheadMa Shue