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East is East
(1916) England
B&W : Five reels / 4895 feet
Directed by Henry Edwards

Cast: Florence Turner [Victoria Vickers], Henry Edwards [Bert Grummett], Ruth Mackay [Mrs. Carrington], W.G. Saunders [Dawson], Edith Evans [the aunt]

Turner Film Company production; distributed by Butcher’s Film Service, Limited. / Produced by Florence Turner. Scenario by Henry Edwards, from a play by Philip Hubbard and Gwendolen Logan. Cinematography by Tom White. Presented by Turner Film Company. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in the USA by Mutual Film Corporation [Mutual Star Production] on 6 November 1916. The film was rereleased in the United Kingdom by Butcher’s Film Service, Limited, in 1919.

Drama: Romance.

Survival status: Print exists [8mm reduction positive].

Current rights holder: (unknown) [United Kingdom]; Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 19 May 2020.

References: Limbacher-Feature p. 69; Perry-British p. 300 : Website-IMDb.

Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.