Never the Twain Shall Meet

Never the Twain Shall Meet
For the poem containing this phrase, see The Ballad of East and West.
Never the Twain Shall Meet
Directed by Maurice Tourneur
Produced by Louis B. Mayer
Irving Thalberg
Written by Peter B. Kyne
Eugene Mullin
Starring Anita Stewart
Bert Lytell
Cinematography Ira H. Morgan
J.B. Shackelford
Editing by W. Donn Hayes
Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date(s) September 13, 1925 (1925-09-13)
Running time 80 minutes
Country United States
Language Silent
English intertitles

Never the Twain Shall Meet is a 1925 silent south seas drama film based on the book by Peter B. Kyne, produced by MGM and directed by Maurice Tourneur,[1] starring Anita Stewart and featuring Boris Karloff in an uncredited bit-part. Remade with sound in 1931 at MGM by director W. S. Van Dyke. One of Maurice Tourneur's many lost and sought after films.[2]

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  1. ^ Garza, Janiss. "NY Times: Never the Twain Shall Meet". NY Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/103782/Never-the-Twain-Shall-Meet/overview. Retrieved 2011-06-04. 
  2. ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: Never the Twain Shall Meet". Silent Era. http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/N/NevertheTwainShallMeet1925.html. Retrieved 2008-04-12. 

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