The Arab

1915
50m

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Gertrude Robinson and Edgar Selwyn in The Arab (1915)

An old sheikh punishes his son Jamil for robbing a caravan by giving his horse to the wronged merchant. The horse is sold to a Turkish general, then given to Christian missionary Mary Hilber... Read allAn old sheikh punishes his son Jamil for robbing a caravan by giving his horse to the wronged merchant. The horse is sold to a Turkish general, then given to Christian missionary Mary Hilbert. Jamil takes it from her but then, after falling in love, save her and her father. When ... Read allAn old sheikh punishes his son Jamil for robbing a caravan by giving his horse to the wronged merchant. The horse is sold to a Turkish general, then given to Christian missionary Mary Hilbert. Jamil takes it from her but then, after falling in love, save her and her father. When his father dies, Jamil must relinquish Mary to become the new sheikh.

Director
- Cecil B. DeMille
Writers
- Cecil B. DeMille
- Edgar Selwyn
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5.3/10

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Director
- Cecil B. DeMille
Writers
- Cecil B. DeMille
- Edgar Selwyn
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Edgar Selwyn

Jamil

Horace B. Carpenter

The Sheik

Milton Brown

Abdullah

William Elmer

Meshur
(as Billy Elmer)

Sydney Deane

Dr. Hilbert

Gertrude Robinson

Mary Hilbert

J. Parks Jones

Ibrahim
(as Park Jones)

Theodore Roberts

Turkish Governor

Raymond Hatton

Mysterious Messenger

Irvin S. Cobb

American Tourist

Dorothy Abril

Village Girl
(uncredited)

Marjorie Daw

Village Girl
(uncredited)

Director
- Cecil B. DeMille
Writers
- Cecil B. DeMille
- Edgar Selwyn
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Cecil B. DeMille and the Play

The 34 year old Cecil B. DeMille enlisted the services of Edgar Selwyn to adapt his play for the screen. DeMille (wearing his producers hat) had an eye for popular culture and understood what would sell and what audiences were looking for. Not a good film in my opinion, but nevertheless, it provided DeMille with commercial value.