East Is West Movie

East Is West
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Run Time: 72 min
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Released: 1930
Directors: Monta Bell
Genre/Type: Drama
Romance
Producers: Carl Laemmle, Jr.
Plot Synopsis by Sandra Brennan
In this romance, men board "The Love Boat" (no, not the TV boat) and set sail for China with the hope of buying a Chinese bride. The hero disembarks and immediately finds himself in the midst of an auction of women. There he spies a beautiful girl being sold by her father. The hero saves her. She is taken to San Francisco by a friendly elder. In San Francisco, she immediately snubbed by the local elite. Her old guardian sells her to the Chop Suey King. The hero finds her, rescues her and proposes. His socially prominent family is firmly against the match. The day is saved when the girl discovers that she is not really Chinese. She was only raised by a Chinese family after her missionary parents were murdered.

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Actors Character Born
Lupe Velez Ming Toy Jul 18, 1908 in San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Lew Ayres Billy Benson Dec 28, 1908 in Minneapolis, MN
Edward G. Robinson Charlie Yong Dec 12, 1893 in Bucharest, Romania
Henry Kolker Mr. Benson Nov 13, 1870 in Quincy, IL
Mary Forbes Mrs. Benson Jan 1, 1883 in Hornsey, England, UK
Edgar Norton Thomas Aug 11, 1868
E. Alyn Warren Lo Sang Kee
Charles B. Middleton Dr. Fredericks Oct 3, 1879 in Elizabethtown, KY
Jean Hersholt Man Jul 12, 1886 in Copenhagen, Denmark
William "Wild Bill" Elliott Oct 15, 1903 in Pattonsburg, MO
Tetsu Komai Hop Toy

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