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East Is West is a american film of genre Drama directed by Monta Bell released in USA on 23 october 1930 with Lupe Vélez
East Is West (1930)
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Add to a movie listEast Is West is a 1930 American Pre-Code crime drama film produced and distributed by Universal Pictures. It was directed by Monta Bell and stars Lupe Velez, Lew Ayres and Edward G. Robinson. It is based on a 1918 Broadway play, East is West, which starred Fay Bainter. A silent film version from 1922, also titled East Is West, starred Constance Talmadge.
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En Chine, une jeune femme du nom de Ming Toy, est proche d'être vendue par son père aux enchères quand Billy Benson, un jeune et élégant américain, arrivant de son pays natal dans l'espoir de trouver une chinoise à marier, surenchérit et la sauve de l'esclavage. Un de ses vieux amis, Lo Sang Kee, l’emmène à San Francisco mais finit par la vendre à Charlie Yong, le roi de Chinatown qui souhaite prendre Ming Toy pour femme. Devant le refus de la jeune femme, Benson, malgré plusieurs essais infructueux, réussit à l'enlever de force et décide alors de la prendre chez lui. Mais ses parents, horrifiés à la pensée de voir leur fils épouser une chinoise, la rejettent. Crainte vite effacée quand elle leur explique qu'elle est une femme blanche, qu'elle a été élevée par une famille chinoise lorsque ses parents, un couple de missionnaires, furent assassinés, expliquant alors sa proximité avec la culture et les mœurs chinois dont elle est imprégnés. Les parents décident alors de bénir leur union.Actors
Lupe Vélez
(Ming Toy)
Lew Ayres
(Billy Benson)
Edward G. Robinson
(Charlie Yong)
E. Alyn Warren
(Lo Sang Kee)
Henry Kolker
(Mr. Benson)
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