''Fires of Fate'' is a 1923 British-American silent adventure film directed by

Tom Terriss Thomas Herbert F. Lewin (28 September 1872 – 8 February 1964), known professionally as Tom Terriss, was a British actor, screenwriter, and film director. After trying various occupations, he became an actor playing a variety of roles, beginni ...

and starring

Wanda Hawley Wanda Hawley (born Selma Wanda Pittack; July 30, 1895 – March 18, 1963) was an American actress during the silent film era. She entered the theatrical profession with an amateur group in Seattle, and later toured the United States and Can ...

Nigel Barrie Nigel Barrie (5 February 1889, in Calcutta, British India – 8 October 1971, in South Africa) was an Indian-born British actor. Biography Barrie's background as a dancer and actor on legitimate stages and in vaudeville in both Great Britain an ...

and Pedro de Cordoba.BFI.org
/ref> It was adapted from the 1909 play '' Fires of Fate'' by Arthur Conan Doyle which was in turn based on his 1898 novel ''

The Tragedy of the Korosko ''The Tragedy of the Korosko'' (1898) is a novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It was serialized a year earlier in ''The Strand'' magazine between May and December 1897, and was later turned into a 1909 play ''Fires of Fate''. Plot summary A gro ...

''. The version released in the United States is known as ''Desert Sheik''.

Cast

as Dorinne Adams *

as Col. Egerton * Pedro de Cordoba as Prince Ibrahim * Stewart Rome as Rev. Samuel Rodin * Edith Craig as Miss Adams *

Percy Standing Percy Standing (26 October 1882 – 17 September 1950) was an English film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 42 films between 1913 and 1934. He was born in Lambeth, London and died in Placer County, California. Selected filmography ...

as Stephen Belmont * Arthur M. Cullin as Sir Charles Rodin * Douglas Munro as Mansoor *

Cyril Smith Sir Cyril Richard Smith (28 June 1928 – 3 September 2010) was a prominent British politician who after his death was revealed to have been a prolific serial sex offender against children. A member of the Liberal Party, he was Member of ...

as Lord Howard Cecil

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* 1923 films 1924 adventure films 1924 films British adventure films American adventure films 1920s English-language films Films directed by Tom Terriss Films based on works by Arthur Conan Doyle Films set in Egypt British films based on plays American films based on plays Films based on British novels British silent feature films American silent feature films British black-and-white films American black-and-white films Films based on adaptations Silent adventure films 1920s American films 1920s British films {{silent-adventure-film-stub