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Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God's great Judgment Seat; But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth, When two strong men stand face to face, though they come from the ends of the earth! [2] —
Never the twain shall meet" is a line in the Rudyard Kipling poem The Ballad of East and West. Never the Twain Shall Meet is the title of two films: Never the Twain Shall Meet, a silent film; Never the Twain Shall Meet, a talking remake of the earlier film
East is east, and west is west (and never the twain shall meet) East, west, home is best; Easy come, easy go; Easy, times easy, is still easy; Early marriage, earlier pregnant; Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper; Eat, drink and be merry, (for tomorrow we die) Empty vessels make the most noise
The title derives from the 1889 Rudyard Kipling poem "The Ballad of East and West", of which the opening line reads: "Oh East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet". The film was critically acclaimed, winning the Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film at the BAFTA Awards.
On Nov. 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered his historic Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Pennsylvania.
Promotional still with Conchita Montenegro. In 1931, Leslie Howard was new to Hollywood, having only appeared in two films, Outward Bound (1930) and Devotion (1931). In the spring of 1931, he was filming Never the Twain Shall Meet, A Free Soul with Norma Shearer and Clark Gable, and Five and Ten with Marion Davies—shooting one movie in the morning and another in the afternoon. [3]
The quote "I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure" is misattribute to Mark Twain. Clarence Darrow said it. Fact check: Clarence Darrow, not Mark Twain ...
In the initial line of The Ballad of East and West, Rudyard Kipling says that "never the twain shall meet". I wonder whether Eric Burdon had this in mind when he created the album title. I'm pretty sure there is information about it somewhere ...