Where East Is East
Where thrills are thrills! Where Chaney is Chaney at his superb best!
1929 | 65m | English
Popularity: 0.5 (history)
| Director: | Tod Browning |
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| Writer: | Tod Browning, Hunt Stromberg, Waldemar Young, Harry Sinclair Drago |
| Staring: |
| A Chinese wife returns to the American family she left behind in Southeast Asia and then moves in on her daughter's (Lupe Velez) beau (Lloyd Hughes). | |
| Release Date: | May 04, 1929 |
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| Director: | Tod Browning |
| Writer: | Tod Browning, Hunt Stromberg, Waldemar Young, Harry Sinclair Drago |
| Genres: | Drama |
| 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 |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 30, 2026 Entered: Apr 28, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Lon Chaney | Tiger Haynes |
| Lupe Vélez | Toyo Haynes |
| Estelle Taylor | Mme. de Sylva |
| Lloyd Hughes | Bobby Bailey |
| Louis Stern | Padré Angelo |
| Mrs. Wong Wing | Ming |
| Willie Fung | Servant (uncredited) |
| Charles Gemora | Rangho the Gorilla (uncredited) |
| Duke Kahanamoku | Wild Animal Trapper (uncredited) |
| Mademoiselle Kithnou | de Sylva's Maid (uncredited) |
| Chris-Pin Martin | Native Hunter (uncredited) |
| Richard Neill | Rangho the Gorilla (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Tod Browning | Story, Director |
| Hunt Stromberg | Writer |
| Waldemar Young | Adaptation |
| William Axt | Music |
| Harry Sinclair Drago | Story |
| Richard Schayer | Continuity |
| Henry Sharp | Cinematography |
| Harry Reynolds | Editor |
| William Ryan | Assistant Director |
| David Cox | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Joseph Farnham | Title Graphics |
| Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Charles Gemora | Makeup Artist |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Hunt Stromberg | Producer |
| Irving Thalberg | Producer |
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| 2024 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2025 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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