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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1235

Where East Is East

192965 minUnited States

Synopsis

Animal trapper Tiger Haynes reluctantly approves his daughter's engagement to an American visitor. During a river journey, the young man is drawn to an alluring woman whom Tiger recognizes as the girl's absent mother. Her return threatens a relationship built on secrets the daughter does not know.

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Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs: 66:32
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

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No subtitle track in this language

Wikimedia Commons · Tod Browning · Public domain

Cast

Lon Chaney

Lupe Vélez

Estelle Taylor

Lloyd Hughes

DirectorsTod Browning

Historical context

Lon Chaney's final collaboration with Tod Browning sets a family melodrama in an imagined Southeast Asian world. The film uses intertitles for dialogue alongside synchronized music and effects.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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Lon Chaney — Unknown author · Public domain
Lupe Vélez — RKO Radio · Public domain
Estelle Taylor — Russell Ball (1891–1942) · Public domain
Lloyd Hughes — Unknown author · Public domain

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