The Red Kimona

The Red Kimono is a 1925 American silent film drama about prostitution produced by Dorothy Davenport billed as Mrs. Wallace Reid and starring Priscilla Bonner.

The film is based on a real case of prostitution that took place in New Orleans in 1917. This film, billing itself as a true story, used the real name of the woman played by Priscilla Bonner who as a consequence sued producer Dorothy Davenport for a hefty sum in court and won. The case, Melvin v Reid has been cited recently in the emerging right to be forgotten cases around the world as an early example of ones right to leave a past they wish to forget. In the ruling of the California Appellate Court Melvin v. Reid, 112 Cal.App. 285, 297 P. 91 1931 the Court stated, any person living a life of rectitude has that right to happiness which includes a freedom from unnecessary attacks on his character, social standing or reputation.As with Davenports earlier Human Wreckage in 1924, this film was banned in the United Kingdom by the British Board of Film Censors in 1926. ........

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