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.

Plot

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

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.)

Bibliography

  • Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
  • Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Meets_West_(1936_film)
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