''A Night in New Arabia'' is a

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four-reel

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, directed by Thomas Mills. It is based on the

short story A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the oldest ...

"A Night in New Arabia" from ''Strictly Business'', a collection of 23 short stories by

O. Henry William Sydney Porter (September 11, 1862 – June 5, 1910), better known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American writer known primarily for his short stories, though he also wrote poetry and non-fiction. His works include "The Gift of the M ...

published in 1910. The movie critic for the '' Moving Picture World'', Margaret I. MacDonald, says that it "...is one of the best of the O. Henry four-part

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". The picture was part of the ''O. Henry Stories'' series of films produced by

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/Broadway Star Features and distributed by the

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. All based on O. Henry short stories, these pictures featured many of the same actors and included ''Friends in San Rosario'', '' The Third Ingredient'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Past One at Rooney's'', ''

The Cop and the Anthem "The Cop and the Anthem" is a December 1904 short story by the United States author O. Henry. It includes several of the classic elements of an O. Henry story, including a setting in New York City, an empathetic look at the state of mind of a ...

'', '' The Gold That Glittered'', ''

The Duplicity of Hargraves "The Duplicity of Hargraves" is a short story by the American writer William Sydney Porter, better known by his pen name: O. Henry. The story was featured in ''The Junior Munsey'', February 1902, and republished in the volume ''Sixes and Seven ...

'', '' The Guilty Party'', ''

The Last Leaf The Last Leaf is a short story by O. Henry published in his 1907 collection ''The Trimmed Lamp and Other Stories''. The story first appeared on October 15, 1905, in the ''New York World''. The story is set in Greenwich Village during a pneumon ...

'' and '' The Love Philtre of Ikey Schoenstein''.

Cast

Frank Glendon J. Frank Glendon (October 25, 1886 – March 17, 1937) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1915 and 1936. He was born in Choteau, Montana, and died in Hollywood, California. Selected filmography * '' Canni ...

as Tom McLeod *

Patsy De Forest Patsy De Forest (born Helen May Lanagan; May 1, 1894 – August 1, 1966) was an American actress of the silent cinema era who performed on the stage since childhood before acting in films. Career De Forest acted in over eighty films from 19 ...

as Celia Spraggins *Horace Vinton as Jacob Spraggins *

Hattie Delaro Hattie Delaro (1861 – April 18, 1941) was an American actress. She had a career in theater, then became an actress in silent film in the 1910s and 1920s. Delaro was born in Brooklyn. Delaro debuted on stage in 1881 at Brooklyn's Grand Ope ...

as Henrietta *Hazlan Drouart as Annette McCorkle

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''A Night in New Arabia''
on AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The First 100 Years 1893–1993 1917 films American black-and-white films American silent short films Lost American films 1910s American films {{short-film-stub