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Burning Sands (1922 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Burning Sands' is a 1922 American drama silent film directed by George Melford and written by Olga Printzlau and Waldemar Young based upon the novel of the same name by Arthur Weigall. The film stars Wanda Hawley, Milton Sills, Louise Dresser, Jacqueline Logan, Robert Cain, Fenwick Oliver, and Winter Hall. The film was released on September 3, 1922, by Paramount Pictures. It is not known whether the film currently survives,[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/B/BurningSands1922.html Progressive Silent Film List: 'Burning Sands'] at silentera.com which suggests that it is a lost film.
Paramount hoped the production would enjoy the same success to the similarly-themed hit 'The Sheik' produced by the studio the previous year.Michelakis & Wyke p.84
Cast
*Wanda Hawley as Muriel Blair
*Milton Sills as Daniel Lane
*Louise Dresser as Kate Bindane
*Jacqueline Logan as Lizette
*Robert Cain as Robert Barthampton
*Fenwick Oliver as Mr. Bindane
*Winter Hall as Governor
*Harris Gordon as Secretary
*Alan Roscoe as Ibrihim
*Cecil Holland as Old Sheik
*Joe Ray as Hussein
References
Bibliography
* Michelakis, Pantelis & Wyke, Maria. The Ancient World in Silent Cinema'. Cambridge University Press, 2013.
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