Where East Is East (1929)
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- 1h 5min
- Drama, Romance
- 04 May 1929 (USA)
- Movie
- 1 win.
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Cast verified as complete
| Lon Chaney | ... |
Tiger Haynes
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| Lupe Velez | ... |
Toyo Haynes
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| Estelle Taylor | ... |
Mme. de Sylva
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| Lloyd Hughes | ... |
Bobby Bailey
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Louis Stern | ... |
Padré Angelo
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Mrs. Wong Wing | ... |
Ming
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| Willie Fung | ... |
Servant (uncredited)
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| Charles Gemora | ... |
Rangho the Gorilla (uncredited)
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| Duke Kahanamoku | ... |
Wild Animal Trapper (uncredited)
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Mademoiselle Kithnou | ... |
de Sylva's Maid (uncredited)
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| Chris-Pin Martin | ... |
Native Hunter (uncredited)
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| Richard Neill | ... |
Rangho the Gorilla (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Tod Browning | ||
Written by
| Tod Browning | ... | (story by) and |
| Harry Sinclair Drago | ... | (story by) |
| Waldemar Young | ... | (adaptation by) |
| Richard Schayer | ... | (continuity by) |
| Joseph Farnham | ... | (titles by) (as Joe Farnham) |
Produced by
| Hunt Stromberg | ... | producer (uncredited) |
| Irving Thalberg | ... | producer (uncredited) |
Music by
| William Axt | ... | (uncredited) |
Cinematography by
| Henry Sharp | ... | (photographed by) |
Editing by
| Harry Reynolds | ||
Art Direction by
| Cedric Gibbons | ||
Makeup Department
| Charles Gemora | ... | makeup artist (uncredited) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| William Ryan | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
| David Cox | ... | wardrobe |
Production Companies
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (controlled by Loew's Incorporated)
Distributors
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1929) (United States) (theatrical)
- Regal Films (1929) (Canada) (theatrical)
- Jury Metro-Goldwyn (1930) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Warner Home Video (2012) (United States) (DVD) (dvdr)
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Storyline
| Plot Summary |
'Tiger' Haynes is a respected trapper of jungle beasts for zoos and circuses and a doting father to his beautiful young daughter Toyo. When he finds out that she's fallen in love with Bobby Bailey, the son of a wealthy circus owner he frequently deals with, Haynes is initially suspicious of the young man's motives. However, Bailey's sincerity soon wins him over, and they take the river boat to Saigon together to see the young man's father. While on board Bobby meets the femme fatale cougar, Mme. de Sylva, who immediately desires the young man and easily seduces him. In reality, she is Toyo's mother and a notoriously predatory seductress. Tiger adamantly insinuates himself between de Sylva and her latest conquest and seemingly breaks up the romance and returns home to oversee Toyo and Bobby's wedding, but Toyo's mother unexpectedly arrives with the objective of vamping Bobby. In order to avoid having Toyo's heart broken by her mother, Tiger resorts to the 'law of the jungle.' Written by duke1029@aol.com |
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| Taglines | Where thrills are thrills! Where Chaney is Chaney at his superb best! See more » |
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Box Office
| Budget | $295,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
| Trivia | Penultimate silent film for Lon Chaney and the last of ten films he made with director Tod Browning going back to 1919. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Referenced in Man of a Thousand Faces (1957). See more » |
| Quotes |
Toyo Haynes:
[to Tiger]
I have done such a terrible nice thing, Father. I have fall in love. See more » |