The Garden of Allah is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Colin Campbell and starring Helen Ware, Tom Santschi and Eugenie Besserer.[1] It is based on the 1904 novel of the same title by Robert Smythe Hichens, adapted a number of times including a 1937 sound film starring Marlene Dietrich. Location shooting took place in the Mojave Desert.
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Directed by | Colin Campbell |
Written by | Gilson Willets |
Based on | The Garden of Allah by Robert Hichens |
Produced by | William Nicholas Selig |
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Distributed by | V-L-S-E |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
Country | United States |
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Preservation
editA print of the film survives in the George Eastman Museum.[2]
Cast
edit- Helen Ware as Domini Enfilden
- Tom Santschi as Boris Androvsky
- Will Machin as Capt. De Trevignac
- Matt Snyder as Count Anteoni (*aka Matt B. Snyder)
- Harry Lonsdale as Father Roubier
- Eugenie Besserer as Lady Rens
- James Bradbury Sr. as The Sand Diviner
- Al W. Filson as Lord Rens
- Cecil Holland as Hadj
- Frank Clark as Father Beret
- Billy Jacobs as Child
- Pietro Sosso as Batouch
- Camille Astor as Suzanna
References
edit- ^ Bernstein & Studlar p.100
- ^ "The Garden of Allah". American Silent Feature Film Survival Database. Library of Congress. Retrieved September 10, 2021.
Bibliography
edit- Matthew Bernstein & Gaylyn Studlar. Visions of the East: Orientalism in Film. Rutgers University Press, 1997.
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