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The Shriek of Araby

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Director
  
F. Richard Jones

Country
  
United States

5.8/10
IMDb

Duration
  

The Shriek of Araby movie poster

Language
  
SilentEnglish intertitles

Release date
  
March 5, 1923 (1923-03-05)

Writer
  
Mack Sennett (screenplay), Mack Sennett (story)

The shriek of araby 1923


The Shriek of Araby is a 1923 American silent film comedy starring Ben Turpin and directed by F. Richard Jones for producer Mack Sennett, who also wrote the screenplay.

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Plot

The film is a spoof of Rudolph Valentino’s hit 1921 film The Sheik and features Turpin as a bill poster daydreaming about having various adventures as an Arabian sheik.

Cast

  • Ben Turpin - Bill poster / Sheik
  • Kathryn McGuire - The Heroine
  • George Cooper - Presto the Magician
  • Charles Stevenson - Luke Hassan
  • References

    The Shriek of Araby Wikipedia
    The Shriek of Araby IMDb The Shriek of Araby themoviedb.org