Emerald of the East is a 1929 British

Cinema of the United Kingdom

The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...

 action film

Action film

Action film is a film genre where one or more heroes is thrust into a series of challenges that require physical feats, extended fights and frenetic chases...

 directed by and featuring Jean de Kuharski. It also starred Joshua Kean, Mary Odette

Mary Odette

Marie Odette Goimbault was a French-born film actress. She acted during the silent era under the name Mary Odette.-Selected filmography:* Torn Sails * The Hypocrites * The Lion's Mouse...

 and Lya Delvelez. It was based on a novel by Jerbanu Kothawala. In India British troops attempt to rescue the kidnapped son of a Maharaja

Maharaja

Mahārāja is a Sanskrit title for a "great king" or "high king". The female equivalent title Maharani denotes either the wife of a Maharaja or, in states where that was customary, a woman ruling in her own right. The widow of a Maharaja is known as a Rajamata...

. It was one of a growing number of British films to be set in India during the era.

Cast

• Joshua Kean - Lt. Desmond Armstrong
• Mary Odette
  Mary Odette
  Marie Odette Goimbault was a French-born film actress. She acted during the silent era under the name Mary Odette.-Selected filmography:* Torn Sails * The Hypocrites * The Lion's Mouse...
  
   - Nellum
• Jean de Kuharski - Maharajah Rujani
• Lya Delvelez - The Maharanee
• Gillian Dean - Evelyn Gordon
• Maria Forescu - The Chieftainess
• Kenneth Rive - Maharaj Kumar
• Promotha Bose - Vaghi