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East Is West is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Sidney Franklin and starring Constance Talmadge. The film is based on a 1918 Broadway stage play of the same name starring Fay Bainter as Ming Toy. It was remade as a talkie at Universal in 1930 with Lupe Vélez.
East Is West: Directed by Sidney Franklin. With Constance Talmadge, Edmund Burns, E. Alyn Warren, Warner Oland. Ming Toy, the eldest of Hop Toy's many children, is rescued from the auction blocks by Billy Benson and sent to the United States in the care of Lo Sang Kee.
- (27)
- Comedy, Romance
- Sidney Franklin
- 1922-10-15
25. März 2014 · East Is West (USA, 1922) 70 min. (1,436 meters @ 18fps) 35mm, silent, b&w and tinted (reproduction through the Desmet color process) Directed by Sidney A. Franklin ...more.
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Sidney Franklin. Director. Frances Marion. Writer. She'd wink till hearts went on the blink. And staid professors couldn't think. And everywhere they'd stop to stare. And say "Some Chink!" when Ming Toy winked.
East Is West (1922) - Directed by Sidney Franklin, produced by Constance Talmadge and starring Constance Talmadge, Edmund Burns, E. Alyn Warren, Warner Oland, Frank Lanning, Nick De Ruiz, Nigel Barrie, Lillian Lawrence,and more...
Ming Toy, the eldest of Hop Toy's many children, is rescued from the auction block by Billy Benson and sent to the United States in the care of Lo Sang Kee. There she continues her interest in western ways and attracts the attention of a powerful Chinatown figure, Charley Yong.
Sure there are issues with modern eyes, but take East Is West (1922) as a bad taste comedy and you'll be good. The moral antidotes they squeeze out at the end there had me in stitches. Anyway, this is a story of a sweet Asian girl and her cultural troubles, which was popular exotic theme in Hollywood at the time. Constance Talmadge plays the ...
