The Purple Dawn[note 1] is a 1923 American silent romantic drama film that was produced, written, and directed by Charles R.
[2][5][6] It stars Bessie Love, Bert Sprotte, and William E. Aldrich.
[7][8] In San Francisco's Chinatown, Mui Far (Love), a Chinese American girl, falls in love with a young white sailor (Aldrich), who is robbed when he attempts to deliver a package of opium.
The sailor meets a white girl in the country, and falls in love with her.
She then commits suicide by walking into San Francisco Bay at dawn.