''Lamp in the Desert'' is a 1922 British silent

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directed by F. Martin Thornton and starring

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Louis Willoughby Louis Willoughby (10 July 1876 – 12 September 1968) was an English actor of the silent era. Born in England, he was married to artist Vera Willoughby and the father of artist Althea Willoughby. He lived his final years in the United Stat ...

and

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. It was adapted from a 1919 novel by Ethel M. Dell and turned into a script by

Leslie Howard Gordon Leslie Howard Gordon was a British screenwriter and actor of the silent and early sound film eras. He also directed three films in the 1930s including '' The Double Event'' (1934).Low p.311 He worked as a screenwriter for Stoll Pictures in the ...

Plot

The film is a drama set in

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. The story centers around a captain who forces a bigamist to feign death so that he can marry his widow.

Cast

as Stella Denvers *

as Captain Everard Monck *

as Tony Denvers * Joseph R. Tozer as Captain Raleigh Dacres *

Teddy Arundell Teddy Arundell (1873 in Devon – 5 November 1922, in London) was a British film actor of the silent era. Selected filmography * ''The Lyons Mail'' (1916) * ''Justice'' (1917) * ''Nelson'' (1918) * '' The Swindler'' (1918) * '' The Splendid Cow ...

as Major Ralston *

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as Colonel Mansfield * Tony Fraser as Waziri spy * Gladys Mason as Mrs Ralston

References

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* 1922 films 1922 drama films British silent feature films 1920s English-language films Films directed by Floyd Martin Thornton British black-and-white films Films based on works by Ethel M. Dell Films based on British novels Stoll Pictures films 1920s British films Silent British drama films English-language drama films {{1920s-UK-film-stub