East Meets West is a 1936 British drama film directed by Herbert Mason and starring George Arliss, Lucie Mannheim, Godfrey Tearle and John Laurie. It was made at the Lime Grove Studios in London.[1] The film's art direction was by Oscar Friedrich Werndorff.
| East Meets West | |
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 Lobby card for the film | |
| Directed by | Herbert Mason Maude T. Howell (asst.) |
| Written by | Edwin Greenwood Maude T. Howell |
| Produced by | Haworth Bromley |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Bernard Knowles |
| Edited by | Charles Frend |
| Music by | Louis Levy John DH Greenwood |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Gaumont British Distributors |
Release dates |
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Running time | 74 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Plot
editA small Middle Eastern state is coveted by the major powers for strategic reasons.[2]
Cast
edit- George Arliss as Sultan of Rungay
- Lucie Mannheim as Marguerite Carter
- Godfrey Tearle as Sir Henry Mallory
- Romney Brent as Doctor Shagu
- Ballard Berkeley as Nazim
- Ronald Ward as Neville Carter
- Norma Varden as Lady Mallory
- John Laurie as Doctor Fergusson
- O. B. Clarence as Osmin
- Campbell Gullan as Veka
- Eliot Makeham as Goodson
- Peter Gawthorne as Stanton
- Ralph Truman as Abdul
- Patrick Barr as O'Flaherty
- Peter Croft as Crowell
Reception
editWriting for The Spectator in 1936, Graham Greene gave the film a very poor review, succinctly warning readers "to avoid [it] like the plague".[3]
References
edit- ^ Wood p.89
- ^ BFI.org
- ^ Greene, Graham (18 September 1936). "The Great Ziegfeld/It's Love Again/Marchand d'Amour/East Meets West". The Spectator. (reprinted in: Taylor, John Russell, ed. (1980). The Pleasure Dome. p. 101. ISBN 0192812866.)
Bibliography
edit- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
edit- East Meets West at IMDb
- East Meets West at Park Circus
- East Meets West at BFI
- East Meets West at Rotten Tomatoes
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