The Social Secretary / The Forbidden City

Norma Talmadge Double Feature #1. In THE SOCIAL SECRETARY (1916) Mayme goes from one secretarial job to another fighting off the advances of her employers. To solve the problem she decides to work for a woman. As a precaution against any romantic notions that her employer's son may have she makes herself as ugly as possible. 52 minutes.In THE FORBIDDEN CITY (1918) The daughter of a Chinese mandarin is sentenced to death for her secret marriage to an American. Their child, raised in the mandarin's palace, grows up and escapes to seek her father, now a high-ranking official in the Philippines. 62 minutes.