Even by the standards of star Lon Chaney and director Tod Browning, West of Zanzibar is an unrelentingly grim and gruesome melodrama. Chaney delivers an unforgettable performance as Flint, the crippled “king” of a faraway jungle island. Swearing vengeance against Crane (Lionel Barrymore), the man who stole his wife and left him a paraplegic, Flint concentrates his hatred on Crane’s daughter Anna (Jane Daly). Bankrolling the girl’s convent education, Flint brings Anna to his island domain, where he pumps her full of narcotics and forces her into a life of prostitution and all-around depravity. As a final humiliation, he intends to allow Anna to be sacrificed in a native ritual. But when he finds out that Anna is actually his own daughter, Flint does an abrupt about-face and does all he can to rescue the girl and her dissolute sweetheart Doc (Warner Baxter) from the rampaging natives. West of Zanzibar was remade (and, it has been, argued, vastly improved upon) as Kongo (1932), with Walter Huston in the Chaney role., Lon Chaney gives a commanding performance a disabled magician in Africa, where, for more than 18 years, he plots revenge on the ivory trader (Lionel Barrymore) who caused his paralysis and stole his wife.
Q&A :
Q: Who are the main cast members in “West of Zanzibar ” ?
A: The main cast includes Lon Chaney,Lionel Barrymore,Mary Nolan,Warner Baxter,Jacqueline Gadson,Roscoe Ward,Kalla Pasha,Curtis Nero,Percy Hilburn,Cedric Gibbons,Elliott J. Clawson,Waldemar Young,Harry Reynolds.
Q: When Did the “West of Zanzibar” Released?
A: The Movie “West of Zanzibar” originally aired on 1928-11-24 and released in the year of 1928.
Q: What Languages are available to watch “West of Zanzibar” ?
A: Is also available in eng language.
Q: Where to watch “West of Zanzibar” ?
A: “West of Zanzibar” is Avaiable on Netflix. as its Netflix Originals.
