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Omar the Tentmaker is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by James Young and featuring Guy Bates Post, Nigel de Brulier, Virginia Brown Faire, Noah Beery Sr., Patsy Ruth Miller, and Boris Karloff. It was produced and adapted by Richard Walton Tully from his own 1914 Broadway play Omar the Tentmaker. The film's tagline was "Would You Know How Omar Loved? Would you sweep 1,000 years aside to find Shireen, the Persian Rose, who wed Omar and awoke in the harem of the Shah?" 24 May 1923). The film is considered a lost film.
Original Release
12/22/1922
US Release
12/22/1922
Cast
Name | Character |
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Guy Bates Post | Omar the Tentmaker |
Virginia Brown Faire | Shireen |
Nigel De Brulier | Nizam ul Mulk |
Noah Beery | The Shah of Shahs |
Rose Dione | Shah's Mother |
Patsy Ruth Miller | Little Shireen |
Douglas Gerrard | Hassan |
Will Jim Hatton | Little Mahruss |
Boris Karloff | Imam Mowaffak |
Maurice 'Lefty' Flynn | The Christian Crusader / The Christian Crusader (as Maurice B. Flynn) |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Guy Bates Post | Omar the Tentmaker |
Virginia Brown Faire | Shireen |
Nigel De Brulier | Nizam ul Mulk |
Noah Beery | The Shah of Shahs |
Rose Dione | Shah's Mother |
Patsy Ruth Miller | Little Shireen |
Douglas Gerrard | Hassan |
Will Jim Hatton | Little Mahruss |
Boris Karloff | Imam Mowaffak |
Maurice 'Lefty' Flynn | The Christian Crusader / The Christian Crusader (as Maurice B. Flynn) |
Edward Kimball | Omar's Father / Omar's father (as Edward M. Kimball) |
Walter Long | The Executioner |
Evelyn Selbie | Zarah |
John Gribner | Mahruss |
Gordon Mullen | Emissary to the Shah |
George Regas | Emissary to the Shah / Emissary to the Shah (as George Rigas) |
Nick Shaid | Arab Guard in Shireen's Garden |
Felix Whitefeather | Soldier |