East Is East (1916 film)
East Is East is a 1916 British silent film drama directed by Henry Edwards, who also starred in the film with Florence Turner. The film is an early example of the plot premise which would prove very popular in the British silent film canon that of a character almost always a pretty young girl from the workingclass East End of London being suddenly thrust by circumstance into the daunting milieu of West End high society.
Victoria Vickers Turner lives with her aunt and uncle in Poplar and is being courted by Bert Grummett Edwards, who aspires to one day marry Victoria and open up his own fish and chip shop. For the time being, Victoria is happy for them just to remain friends.The Vickers family and Bert go off on their annual summer jaunt to pick hops in Kent. Unknown to them, Victoria is being desperately sought by a solicitor to pass on the good news that she has inherited a fortune from the estate of a recently deceased distant relative. There is a deadline for her to claim her bounty, but happily the solicitor tracks her down in Kent in the nick of time and rushes her back to London. ........
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