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East Is East

1916 · 80 min Drama Romance
4.4 / 10 · TMDB

Victoria Vickers, a little East End Cockney girl, is left a vast fortune by an uncle in America. She is finally discovered hop-picking in Kent by her solicitor, who has given up the search and gone off on a photographic holiday instead! The conditions of the legacy are that she must spend three years learning to be a lady before she inherits absolutely. 'Vicky' does her best, but she is not happy in high society. Meanwhile her old East End beau Bert accepts a loan from her in order to 'better himself' and starts a highly-successful fish-and-chip shop business. He takes elocution lessons and buys gentleman's clothes in the hopes of aspiring to her hand. But Vicky, who thinks he has deserted her now she is a fine lady, is lonely enough to accept an offer of marriage from her guardian's spendthrift son, and when Bert reads of the engagement in the newspapers he abandons London and goes down to live in Kent where they were once happy together.

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Year 1916
Country United Kingdom
Genre Drama, Romance
Director Henry Edwards
Runtime 80 min.
Rating TMDB: 4.4/10 (5 votes)

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The film constructs a poignant drama from the clash between two worlds: the rough-but-honest East End and the rigid artificiality of high society. It explores the cost of social mobility and the authenticity of feelings that cannot be so easily refined alongside one's elocution.

What lingers after the final reel is a tender tale of love misplaced and reclaimed across class divides, a reminder that true fortune lies not in inheritance but in remaining true to one's heart. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Henry Edwards

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With a cup of tea on a quiet evening, immersed in the atmosphere of old England.

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