East of Suez (film)

East of Suez
East of Suez
	Film poster
Directed by	Raoul Walsh
Written by	Sada Cowan (scenario)
Based on	East of Suez by Somerset Maugham
Produced by	Adolph Zukor; Jesse Lasky
Starring	Pola Negri; Edmund Lowe; Rockliffe Fellowes
Cinematography	Victor Milner
Production; company	Famous Players–Lasky Corporation
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	January 12, 1925 (U.S.);
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

East of Suez is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Pola Negri. It is based on a play, East of Suez (1922), by W. Somerset Maugham. The film was produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures.^[1]^[2]

Plot

As described in a review in a film magazine,^[3] after being raised in England, Daisy Forbes (Negri) returns to China, the country of her birth. She discovers that her father has recently died and that she has become a social outcast, owing to the public revelation that the oriental nurse who raised her was actually her mother. Daisy is in love with George Tevis (Lowe), a nephew of the British Consul (Beery), but she is disappointed by George when he is persuaded by his uncle to renounce her in favor of a diplomatic career. Lee Tai (Kamiyama), a sinister mandarin, uses drugs and hypnotism to kidnap Daisy; she is rescued by Englishman Harry Anderson (Fellowes), whom she soon marries out of desperation. When Anderson discovers that Daisy is an ostracized half caste and that he is now shunned, he bitterly regrets their marriage. Finally deciding to defy conventions and marry Daisy, George searches her out only to find that she is a married woman. Anderson forbids George to see Daisy again, saying that he will kill him, but George defies the ban and meets her at her house to say goodbye. Before he can shoot George, Anderson drinks wine that was poisoned at the orders of Lee Tai and dies. Tevis takes Daisy back to England, and Lee Tai is executed according to Chinese law.