The Desert Sheik
Appearance
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Directed by | Tom Terriss |
Written by | Arthur Hoerl Alicia Ramsey |
Based on | The Tragedy of the Korosko by Arthur Conan Doyle |
Produced by | A.C. Bromhead |
Starring | Wanda Hawley Nigel Barrie Pedro de Cordoba |
Edited by | Arthur Hoerl |
Production companies | A.C. Bromhead Productions Truart Film Corporation |
Distributed by | Film Booking Offices of America |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
Country | United States |
Languages | Silent English intertitles |
The Desert Sheik is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Tom Terriss and starring Wanda Hawley, Nigel Barrie and Pedro de Cordoba.[1] British star Stewart Rome also appears in a supporting role. The story is inspired by the 1898 novel The Tragedy of the Korosko by Arthur Conan Doyle.
Synopsis
[edit]An American woman in Egypt falls in love with a major in the British Army. While on a trip through the desert they are attacked by Bedouins, and the woman is captured. British troops stage a rescue mission.
Cast
[edit]- Wanda Hawley as Corinne Adams
- Nigel Barrie as Major Egerton
- Pedro de Cordoba as Prince Ibrahim
- Edith Craig as Miss Adams
- Arthur M. Cullin as Sir Charles Roden
- Stewart Rome as Reverend Roden
- Douglas Munro as Mansoor
- Percy Standing as Stephen Belmont
- Cyril Smith as Lord Howard Cecil
- Hamed El Gabrey as Emir - Desert Sheik
References
[edit]- ^ Munden p.180
Bibliography
[edit]- Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
External links
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Categories:
- 1924 films
- 1924 drama films
- 1920s English-language films
- American silent feature films
- Silent American drama films
- Films directed by Tom Terriss
- American black-and-white films
- Film Booking Offices of America films
- Films set in Egypt
- Films based on British novels
- 1920s American films
- 1920s silent drama film stubs