East Meets West (1936 film)

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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 byHaworth 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
  • 26 August 1936 (1936-08-26)(London)
  • 16 October 1936 (1936-10-16)(USA)
Running time
74 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

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.

Contents

Plot

A small Middle Eastern state is coveted by the major powers for strategic reasons. [2]

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Still of the film

Cast

Reception

Writing 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

  1. ↑ Wood p.89
  2. ↑ BFI.org
  3. ↑ 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.)

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