this grade b film offer a rare opportunity to see the underused anna may wong in a lead role a a noted chinese dancer on tour in london who also happen to be the daughter of the sinister fu manchu . play a chinese detective be the japanese actor sessue hayakawa no less . one can see why hayakawa would have be a successful silent film actor with his elegant physical presence and one can simultaneously hear why he do not cut the mustard in talkie the accent be so thick that one must strain to understand him . he never improve . even in late film such a three come home and the bridge on the river kwai the accent blunt the power of his performance to some extent . warner oland and the swedish actor best know for play charlie chan and be fu manchu . finally and we also get a chance to see the fine actor bramwell fletcher in a rather substantial role a one of fu manchu intend victim . he be probably best know a the archaeologist who scream so memorably well in the mummy when the monster approach him in a tomb . otherwise and this film be just a passable crime melodrama with some colorful exotic touch of costume and decor . editing and continuity be noticeably clumsy . wong make a spectacular entrance dress in a sparkling chinese goddess gown with a huge ziegfeld style headdress . if this be a silent it would be worth watch just to look at her in an array of flatter outfit from scene to scene . her emoting be as good a one could expect from the comic book level material she be give . she have a beautiful and somewhat deep speaking voice similar to that of claudette colbert with just the slight trace of an accent and make it all the more enchanting to the ear . judge on it own term and daughter of the dragon be a reasonably divert suspense offering with some real excitement in the final reel a the bad guy fight it out with the hero as well a a beautiful and romantic closing shot which i would not give away .