''The Garden of Allah'' is a 1916 American silent

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by Colin Campbell and starring Helen Ware,

Tom Santschi Tom or TOM may refer to: * Tom (given name), a diminutive of Thomas or Tomás or an independent Aramaic given name (and a list of people with the name) Characters * Tom Anderson, a character in ''Beavis and Butt-Head'' * Tom Beck, a character ...

and

Eugenie Besserer Eugenie Besserer ( – May 29, 1934) was an American actress who starred in silent films and features of the early sound motion-picture era, beginning in 1910. Her most prominent role is that of the title character's mother in the first talkie ...

. It is based on the 1904 novel of the same title by Robert Smythe Hichens, adapted a number of times including a 1937

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starring

Marlene Dietrich Marie Magdalene "Marlene" DietrichBorn as Maria Magdalena, not Marie Magdalene, according to Dietrich's biography by her daughter, Maria Riva ; however Dietrich's biography by Charlotte Chandler cites "Marie Magdalene" as her birth name . (, ; ...

. Location shooting took place in the

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. A print of the film survives in the George Eastman Museum.

Cast

* Helen Ware as Domini Enfilden *

as Boris Androvsky * Will Machin as Capt. De Trevignac * Matt Snyder as Count Anteoni (*aka Matt B. Snyder) *

Harry Lonsdale Harold K. Lonsdale (January 19, 1932 – November 11, 2014) was an American scientist, businessman, and politician. A Democrat, he ran for United States Senate in the U.S. state of Oregon three times, losing twice in the primaries and once as the ...

as Father Roubier *

as Lady Rens * James Bradbury Sr. as The Sand Diviner * Al W. Filson as Lord Rens *

Cecil Holland Cecil may refer to: People with the name * Cecil (given name), a given name (including a list of people and fictional characters with the name) * Cecil (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) Places Canada * Cecil, Alber ...

as Hadj * Frank Clark as Father Beret *

Billy Jacobs Billy may refer to: * Billy (name), a name (and list of people with the name) Animals * Billy (dog), a dog breed * Billy (pigeon), awarded the Dickin Medal in 1945 * Billy (pygmy hippo), a pet of U.S. President Calvin Coolidge * Billy, a young ...

as Child *

Pietro Sosso Pietro is an Italian masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: People * Pietro I Candiano (c. 842–887), briefly the 16th Doge of Venice * Pietro Tribuno (died 912), 17th Doge of Venice, from 887 to his death * Pietro II Can ...

as Batouch *

Camille Astor Camille Astor (born before 1900 – died September 16, 1944) was an American actress in silent films. Early life Astor usually said to have been born in 1896 in Warsaw, then a part of the Russian Empire. During 1910 court testimony, she gave ...

as Suzanna

References

Bibliography

* Matthew Bernstein & Gaylyn Studlar. ''Visions of the East: Orientalism in Film''. Rutgers University Press, 1997.

External links

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