Where East Is East

Year: 1929

Runtime: 65 mins

Director: Tod Browning

Drama

Chaney delivers his most thrilling performance as a Chinese wife who returns from Southeast Asia to the American family she abandoned, only to set her sights on her daughter’s (Lupe Velez) boyfriend (Lloyd Hughes), stirring drama and intrigue, as tensions rise.

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