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Where East Is East

"Where thrills are thrills! Where Chaney is Chaney at his superb best!"

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NR 1929 · 1h 5m
Drama
Starring Lon Chaney · Lupe Vélez · Estelle Taylor
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A Chinese wife returns to the American family she left behind in Southeast Asia and then moves in on her daughter's beau.

Theatrical
May 4, 1929
Director
Tod Browning
Writers
Tod Browning, Harry Sinclair Drago
Producers
Irving Thalberg, Hunt Stromberg
Studio
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Keywords
south seas gorilla vietnam seduction older woman seduces younger guy indochina laos femme fatale silent film scarred face river barge animal trades imminent wedding father daughter relationship zoo animals animal trapping mother seduces daughter's fiancee
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Cast

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L
Lon Chaney
Tiger Haynes
L
Lupe Vélez
Toyo Haynes
E
Estelle Taylor
Mme. de Sylva
L
Lloyd Hughes
Bobby Bailey
L
Louis Stern
Padré Angelo
M
Mrs. Wong Wing
Ming
W
Willie Fung
Servant (uncredited)
C
Charles Gemora
Rangho the Gorilla (uncredited)
D
Duke Kahanamoku
Wild Animal Trapper (uncredited)
C
Chris-Pin Martin
Native Hunter (uncredited)
R
Richard Neill
Rangho the Gorilla (uncredited)

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