---
title: 'West of Zanzibar (1928)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Tod Browning'
released: '1928-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 65
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/west-of-zanzibar-1928'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0019563/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# West of Zanzibar (1928)

1928 · 65 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

West of Zanzibar is a 1928 American synchronized sound film directed by Tod Browning. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. The screenplay concerns a vengeful stage magician named Phroso who becomes paralyzed in a brawl with a rival. The supporting cast includes Mary Nolan and Warner Baxter. The screenplay was written by Elliott J. Clawson, based on the 1926 play Kongo by Charles de Vonde and Kilbourn Gordon. Walter Huston starred in the stage play and later played Phroso again in the 1932 sound film remake of the same story which was also called Kongo.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Tod Browning](https://cinepixo.com/people/tod-browning)
- **Producer:** [Tod Browning](https://cinepixo.com/people/tod-browning), [Irving Thalberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/irving-thalberg)
- **Screenplay:** [Joseph Farnham](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-farnham)
- **Original Music Composer:** [William Axt](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-axt)
- **Editor:** [Harry Reynolds](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-reynolds)

## Cast

- [Anita Page](https://cinepixo.com/people/anita-page)
- [Lon Chaney](https://cinepixo.com/people/lon-chaney)
- [Rose Dione](https://cinepixo.com/people/rose-dione)
- [Mary Nolan](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-nolan)
- [Noble Johnson](https://cinepixo.com/people/noble-johnson)
- [Lionel Barrymore](https://cinepixo.com/people/lionel-barrymore)
- [Emmett King](https://cinepixo.com/people/emmett-king)
- [Mae Busch](https://cinepixo.com/people/mae-busch)
- [Warner Baxter](https://cinepixo.com/people/warner-baxter)
- [Jacqueline Gadsden](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacqueline-gadsden)

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