''Under the Crescent'' is a 1915 American

drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been ...

film serial A serial film, film serial (or just serial), movie serial, or chapter play, is a motion picture form popular during the first half of the 20th century, consisting of a series of short subjects exhibited in consecutive order at one theater, gene ...

directed by

Burton L. King Burton L. King (August 25, 1877 – May 4, 1944) was an American film actor and director. One of his best-known productions was '' The Lost Battalion'' (1919). Selected filmography * '' The Battle of Gettysburg'' (1913) * ''Under the Crescent'' ...

, starring

Ola Humphrey Ola Humphrey (born Pearl Ola Jane Humphrey; July 16, 1875 - 1948) was an American actress on stage and in silent films. Early life Ola Humphrey was born 16 July 1875 in Iowa as Pearl Ola Jane Humphrey

, and released by Universal. The film is considered to be

lost Lost may refer to getting lost, or to: Geography *Lost, Aberdeenshire, a hamlet in Scotland * Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail, or LOST, a hiking and cycling trail in Florida, US History *Abbreviation of lost work, any work which is known to have bee ...

Plot

A series of six episodes involving the adventures of an American actress in modern Egypt (circa 1910s). The story is biographical; it was based on the real life of its lead actress, Ola Humphrey, who in 1911 married Egyptian Prince Ibrahim Hassan, cousin of the

Khedive Khedive (, ota, خدیو, hıdiv; ar, خديوي, khudaywī) was an honorific title of Persian origin used for the sultans and grand viziers of the Ottoman Empire, but most famously for the viceroy of Egypt from 1805 to 1914.Adam Mestyan"Kh ...

Cast

- The American Actress * William C. Dowlan - Stanley Clyde *

Edward Sloman Edward Sloman (19 July 1886, London - 29 September 1972, Woodland Hills, California) was an English silent film director, actor, screenwriter and radio broadcaster. He directed over 100 films and starred in over 30 films as an actor between ...

- Prince Ibrahim Tousson * Helen Wright - Princess Ousson *

Carmen Phillips Carmen Phillips (born Anna Catherine Phillips; September 15, 1888 – December 14, 1966) was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1914 and 1926, frequently as a "vamp". Biography A native Calif ...

- Princess Uarda * William Quinn - Said Pasha * Henry Canfield - Sir Godfrey (as H.E. Canfield) *

Orral Humphrey Thomas Orral Humphrey (April 3, 1880 - August 12, 1929) was an American silent film actor and director. Humphrey was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He starred in 46 films between 1914 and 1929 and is credited for directing four films. His youn ...

- Meheimit Ali *

Edna Maison Edna Maison (born Carmen Edna Maisonave; August 17, 1892 – January 11, 1946) was an American silent film actress. Maison was born Carmen Edna Maisonave in San Francisco. Her father was a Frenchman and her mother was American. She was ed ...

- Princess Zohna

Chapter titles

# ''The Purple Iris'' # ''The Cage of the Golden Bars'' # ''In The Shadows of the Pyramids'' # ''For The Honor of a Woman'' # ''In The Name of the King'' # ''The Crown of Death''

References

External links

*
''Under the Crescent'' at SilentEra
1915 films 1915 drama films 1915 lost films American silent serial films American black-and-white films Universal Pictures film serials Lost American drama films Films directed by Burton L. King Silent American drama films Films set in Egypt 1910s American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub

Plot

Cast

Chapter titles

See also

References

External links