Oriente y Occidente
Cast & Crew
George Melford
Lupe Vélez
Barry Norton
Manuel Arbó
Daniel F. Rea
Tetsu Komai
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
When Ming Toy, the eldest daughter of Hop Toy, is about to be sold in a public auction, she is rescued by American Billy Benson and taken to the United States, in care of Lo Sang Ki. Ming Toy soon adopts Western customs, but her past returns to haunt her when Charlie Yong, a powerful figure in San Francisco's Chinatown, becomes obsessed with her and wants to marry her. Benson once more comes to her aid and offers his own home as a refuge, then falls in love with her. Believing she is marked with a stigma for being Oriental, Ming Toy supposes that she will have to endure life-long suffering. However, she discovers that she is really the daughter of missionaries and was kidnapped after her father was murdered. Upon learning this, Yong loses interest in her and her persecution ends.
Director
George Melford
Cast
Lupe Vélez
Barry Norton
Manuel Arbó
Daniel F. Rea
Tetsu Komai
Marcela Nivón
José Soriano Viosca
André Cheron
Lucio Villegas
Crew
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
This was a simultaneously filmed, Spanish-language version of the 1930 film East Is West, which was directed by Monta Bell and starred Lupe Vélez and Lew Ayres. The Spanish-language version's working title was El barco del amor. A 1922 silent version of East Is West was directed by Sidney Franklin and starred Constance Talmadge and Edward Burns.
