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The Arab (1915 film)

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Director
  
Cecil B. DeMille

Duration
  

Screenplay
  
Edgar Selwyn

Language
  
Silent

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Genre
  
Adventure, Drama

Running time
  
50 minutes

Country
  
United States


Release date
  
June 14, 1915 (1915-06-14)

Writer
  
Cecil B. DeMille (story), Edgar Selwyn (story)

Producers
  
Cecil B. DeMille, Jesse L. Lasky

Cast
  
Edgar Selwyn
,
Irvin S Cobb
,
Raymond Hatton
,
Sydney Deane
,
Theodore Roberts

Similar movies
  
Related Cecil B DeMille movies

The Arab is a 1915 American silent adventure film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. Edgar Selwyn had starred in the Broadway play version of the story in 1911, and this film is based on that play. Selwyn reprises his role from his play. This film was refilmed by Metro Pictures in 1924 as The Arab.

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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

    • Preservation status

    The film is now lost.

    References

    The Arab (1915 film) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA

    The Arab (1915 film) IMDb