The Garden of Allah (1916 film)
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.
| The Garden of Allah | |
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| Directed by | Colin Campbell |
| Produced by | William Nicholas Selig |
| Written by | Gilson Willets |
| Based on | The Garden of Allah by Robert Hichens |
| Starring | Helen Ware Tom Santschi Eugenie Besserer |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | V-L-S-E |
Release date | December 25, 1916 |
Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent English intertitles |
Cast
- 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
- Bernstein & Studlar p.100
Bibliography
- Matthew Bernstein & Gaylyn Studlar. Visions of the East: Orientalism in Film. Rutgers University Press, 1997.
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