East Is West (1922 film) explained

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.

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]

External links

• • • Film clip from restored version at www.eyefilm.nl
• lantern slide

Notes and References

1. Variety. 18 March 2023. 15 Years Ago. 25 August 1937. 48.
2. http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/E/EastIsWest1922.html Progressive Silent Film List: East Is West
3. http://www.ibdb.com/show.php?id=3249 East Is West as produced on Broadway at the Astor Theatre, December 25 1918 to August 1920; IBDb.com
4. Clark . Barrett . Half-Chinese and Wholly Lovely . . XVII. 4 . June 1923 . 41, 76.
5. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.4950/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: East Is West