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A Lover's Oath
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Wikipedia article
'A Lover's Oath' is a lost 1925 American silent fantasy film directed by Ferdinand P. Earle and featuring Ramon Novarro. The film is based upon the 'Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam', as translated by Edward Fitzgerald, and included quotes of its text on intertitles. Actor Milton Sills was scenarist and editor for the film.[http://silentera.com/PSFL/data/L/LoversOath1925.html Progressive Silent Film List: 'A Lover's Oath'] at silentera.com[https://web.archive.org/web/20170630005723/http://afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=10444 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: 'A Lover's Oath']
The film was shot in 1920-21 and not released until 1925.[http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.7128/default.html The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: 'A Lover's Oath'] Actor Edwin Stevens had died in 1923 before the film was released.
Cast
Production
For its 1925 release by Astor Pictures, a small distributor, Milton Sills edited the 1922 film to emphasize the role of Novarro, who by then was a rising star. Novarro refused to cooperate with a request for some new closeups, and reportedly some older clips of Novarro were edited into the film. Despite this, the film was not well received by critics or the public.
Preservation
'A Lover's Oath' is a lost save for a short segment (around thirty seconds) held by the Academy Film Archive; the archive preserved the film in 2009. An additional 135-foot section was apparently discovered and uploaded to YouTube, purportedly by the Academy Film Archive (see external link below).
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