East Is West (1922 film)
1922 film by Sidney Franklin
- November 15, 1922 (1922-11-15)
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East Is West is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Sidney Franklin and starring Constance Talmadge.[2] The film is based on a 1918 Broadway stage play of the same name starring Fay Bainter as Ming Toy.[3] It was remade as a talkie at Universal in 1930 with Lupe Vélez.
Plot
Cast
- Constance Talmadge as Ming Toy
- Edmund Burns as Billy Benson (credited as Edward Burns)
- E. Alyn Warren as Lo Sang Kee (credited as E.A. Warren)
- Warner Oland as Charley Yong
- Frank Lanning as Hop Toy
- Nick De Ruiz as Chang Lee
- Nigel Barrie as Jimmy Potter
- Lillian Lawrence as Mrs. Benson
- Winter Hall as Mr. Benson
- James Wang as Boat Proprietor (credited as Jim Wang)
- Etta Lee (uncredited)[4]
Preservation
A copy of East Is West is held at the EYE Film Institute Netherlands, formerly Filmmuseum Nederlands.[5]
References
- ^ "15 Years Ago". Variety. August 25, 1937. p. 48. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: East Is West at silentera.com
- ^ East Is West as produced on Broadway at the Astor Theatre, December 25 1918 to August 1920; IBDb.com
- ^ Clark, Barrett (June 1923). "Half-Chinese and Wholly Lovely". Motion Picture Classic. Vol. XVII, no. 4. pp. 41, 76.
- ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: East Is West
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to East Is West (1922 film).
- East Is West at IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
- Film clip from restored version Archived April 1, 2015, at the Wayback Machine at www.eyefilm.nl
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Films directed by Sidney Franklin
- Let Katie Do It (1916)
- Going Straight (1916)
- The Little School Ma'am (1916)
- Gretchen the Greenhorn (1916)
- A Sister of Six (1916)
- The Babes in the Woods (1917)
- Jack and the Beanstalk (1917)
- Treasure Island (1918)
- The Safety Curtain (1918)
- Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1918)
- The Forbidden City (1918)
- The Probation Wife (1919)
- The Heart of Wetona (1919)
- The Hoodlum (1919)
- Heart o' the Hills (1919)
- Courage (1921)
- Not Guilty (1921)
- Smilin' Through (1922)
- The Primitive Lover (1922)
- East Is West (1922)
- Brass (1923)
- Dulcy (1923)
- Tiger Rose (1923)
- Her Night of Romance (1924)
- Learning to Love (1925)
- Her Sister from Paris (1925)
- Beverly of Graustark (1926)
- The Duchess of Buffalo (1926)
- Quality Street (1927)
- The Actress (1928)
- Wild Orchids (1929)
- The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1929)
- Devil-May-Care (1929)
- The Lady of Scandal (1930)
- A Lady's Morals (1930)
- The Guardsman (1931)
- Private Lives (1931)
- Smilin' Through (1932)
- Reunion in Vienna (1933)
- The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934)
- The Dark Angel (1935)
- The Good Earth (1937)
- The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1957)
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