East of Suez is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Pola Negri.

[1][2] As described in a review in a film magazine,[3] after being raised in England, Daisy Forbes (Negri) returns to China, the country of her birth.

She discovers that her father has recently died and that she has become a social outcast, owing to the public revelation that the Oriental nurse who raised her was actually her mother.

Daisy is in love with George Tevis (Lowe), a nephew of the British Consul (Beery), but he disappoints her when he's persuaded by his uncle to renounce her in favor of a diplomatic career.

Lee Tai (Kamiyama), a sinister mandarin, uses drugs and hypnotism to kidnap Daisy; she is rescued by Englishman Harry Anderson (Fellowes), whom she soon marries out of desperation.