East Is West
5.7
“Sold into bondage when the Love Boat sailed!”
Ming Toy is on the auction block in China. She is saved by Billy and taken to San Francisco by Lo Sang Kee. To save her from deportation she is sold to Charlie Yong, the Chop Suey King. Billy kidnaps her with plans of marriage.
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Cast
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Lupe Vélez
Ming Toy
Also in
Kongo
The Half-Naked Truth
Lew Ayres
Billy Benson
Known for
Salem's Lot
All Quiet on the Western Front
Lupe Velez
Ming Toy
Monta Bell
E.M. Asher
Samuel Shipman
John B. Hymer
Edward G. Robinson
Charlie Yong
Known for
Double Indemnity
The Stranger
John B Hymer
E. Alyn Warren
Lo Sang Kee
Known for
The Unholy Three
The Devil-Doll
Edward G Robinson
Charlie Yong
Carl Laemmle Jr.
Monta Bell Director · Tom Reed Screenplay Winifred Reeve Writer
United States release October 23, 1930 · Produced in United States
Production
Universal Pictures
Production · Distribution
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · October 23, 1930
Theatrical
Australia
July 18, 1931
Finland
June 23, 1935
Ireland
May 29, 1931
Sweden
March 14, 1931
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