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The Arab (1915 film)

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'The Arab' is a 1915 American silent adventure film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. Edgar Selwyn wrote and starred in the Broadway play version of the story in 1911, and this film is based on that play.[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=16410 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: 'The Arab'] Selwyn reprises his role from his play.[https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/the-arab-7348 The Arab, Lyceum and Astor Theatres; Lyceum(Sept. 1911) and Astor Theatre (Oct. 1911); IBDb.com] This film was refilmed by Metro Pictures in 1924 as 'The Arab'. The film is now lost. - incorrectly listed as being in Gosfilmofond. It's the 1924 film in Gosfilmofond[http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.3465/default.html The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Catalog: 'The Arab']

Cast



* Edgar Selwyn as Jamil

* Horace B. Carpenter as The Sheik

* Milton Brown as Abdullah

* William Elmer as Meshur (as Billy Elmer)

* Sydney Deane as Dr. Hilbert

* Gertrude Robinson as Mary Hilbert

* J. Parks Jones as Ibrahim (as Park Jones)

* Theodore Roberts as Turkish Governor

* Raymond Hatton as Mysterious Messenger

* Irvin S. Cobb as American Tourist

*Marjorie Daw as Village Girl

References




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