West of Zanzibar (1928)





Lon Chaney goes cripple again for the sake of the public, but not for art's sake. Remembering his fine performance in a straight role in "Tell it to the Marines," it seems a great pity that such a good actor should indulge in charlatan tricks. The story is a composite of "The Shanghai Gesture" and "Congo." Revenge, dope, crooks — all the tricks! There is color and little else. It is all very false and movie.

Photoplay November 1928



Vintage magazines

Photoplay , October 1928
Photoplay , November 1928
Photoplay , November 1928

Photoplay , February 1936

Books with substantial mentioning of West of Zanzibar

John T. Soister and Henry Nicolella
American silent horror, science fiction and fantasy feature films, 1913-1929
Jefferson, N.C., 2012

Robert K. Klepper
Silent Films, 1877-1996, A Critical Guide to 646 Movies
Jefferson, North Carolina and London, 1999

Books with an entry on West of Zanzibar

Robert B. Connelly
The Motion Picture Guide, Silent Film 1910-1936
Chicago, 1986