---
title: 'Where East Is East (1929)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Tod Browning'
released: '1929-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 65
genres:
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/where-east-is-east-1929'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020581/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Where East Is East (1929)

1929 · 65 min · Romance · United States


## Synopsis

Where East Is East is a 1929 American synchronized sound drama film starring Lon Chaney as an animal trapper in Laos. 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 motion picture is Chaney's penultimate film without dialogue and the last of his collaborations with director Tod Browning. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer used the Western Electric sound-on-film process to record the soundtrack for the film.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Tod Browning](https://cinepixo.com/people/tod-browning)
- **Screenplay:** [Waldemar Young](https://cinepixo.com/people/waldemar-young)
- **Original Music Composer:** [William Axt](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-axt)
- **Producer:** [Irving Thalberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/irving-thalberg), [Hunt Stromberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/hunt-stromberg)

## Cast

- [Lon Chaney](https://cinepixo.com/people/lon-chaney)
- [Estelle Taylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/estelle-taylor)
- [Duke Kahanamoku](https://cinepixo.com/people/duke-kahanamoku)
- [Lupe Vélez](https://cinepixo.com/people/lupe-velez)
- [Willie Fung](https://cinepixo.com/people/willie-fung)
- [Lloyd Hughes](https://cinepixo.com/people/lloyd-hughes)

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