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June 8, 1929
ESTELLE TAYLOR.
What the New York Critics Say About Her Performance in
. " WHERE EAST IS EAST"
Now Playing at Loew's State Theatre
"Probably the most pertinent thing which can be said of 'Where East Is East' is that Estelle Taylor again demonstrates what a marvelous screen number she really is, for Miss Taylor is by. far the best number in this entry. . . . Miss Taylor is made up as an Eurasian, with tilted eyes — and, boy, what a menace she is ! You forget that she is merely a screen character; she is extremely convincing. . . . She is so good in fact that one wonders why a Hollywood producer hasn't taken her in hand long since and nursed her to the celebrity she deserves."
GEORGE GERHARD in N. Y. EVENING WORLD.
"Since Mr. Chaney is an excellent actor and Miss Lupe Velez is a fairly vivid person, it is no small feat that Miss Taylor achieves in thus snatching away the picture so completely from her col
leagues . . . she is so coldly believable and honestly sinister that her portrayal becomes one of the fine things of modern melodramatic acting, suggesting once again what an important actress Miss Taylor would be if given the proper parts."
RICHARD WATTS, JR., in N. Y. HERALD-TRIBUNE.
"As the picture turns out Estelle Taylor is its real star. What is best in the production must be credited to her voluptuous portrayal of the slanteyed siren who invades this Siamese Eden with her wiles. Not only does the sensuous Estelle steal first honors for acting, but she out-Chaneys Lon in her make-up." RE GIN A CREWE in N. Y.
AMERICAN.
"Estelle Taylor is the most magnificent menace of the screen. . . . She
looks like a hot million."
BLAND JOHANESON in
N. Y. DAILY MIRROR.
"This movie is distinguished through the splendid interpretation given by Estelle Taylor. Miss Taylor, whose warm beauty has decorated many difficult roles, does amazingly well with the makeup of a half-caste Chinese siren and easily monopolizes whatever praise is meted out for this production." BETTY COLFAX in N. Y.
EVENING GRAPHIC.
"Miss Taylor gives an intriguing performance. By some ingenious trick of make-up her eyes are almond shaped, g i v i n g her a characterization that seems certain to create great discussion among the fans." A Li! J, i LAND in VARIETY.
"Estelle Taylor, in a weird, slant-eyed makeup — she looks decidedly Oriental — seems quite at ease in her part. Estelle's performance is exotic and convincing." IRENE THIRER in N. Y.
DAILY NEWS.
"Estelle Taylor was remarkably clever in her getup as an Occidentalized Indo Chinese manhunter, and she played one of those difficult roles that are so liable to be thoroughly banal." JOHN S. COHEN, JR., in N.
Y. SUN.
"Miss Taylor does well in a role and in a story that is a bit overdrawn." ROSE PELS WICK in N. Y.
EVENING JOURNAL.
"Miss Taylor, in a fancy make-up ,has the part of a Chinese siren and is very, very voluptuous indeed."
N. Y. WORLD.
"And last but not least there is Estelle Taylor, elaborately dressed up like Mother G o d a m in 'The Shanghai Gesture/ making slant eyes at Mr. Hughes and luring him away from Miss Velez." CREIGHTON PEET in N. Y.
EVENING POST.
"Estelle Taylor with her eyes frightfully made up to give them an Oriental slant, is unfortunate in her role." MORDAUNT HALL in N. Y.
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