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1915 film

The Arab
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Directed by	Cecil B. DeMille
Written by	Edgar Selwyn
Based on	The Arab (play) by Edgar Selwyn
Produced by	Jesse L. Lasky
Starring	Edgar Selwyn
Cinematography	Alvin Wyckoff
Edited by	Cecil B. DeMille
Production company	Jesse Lasky Feature Plays
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	June 14, 1915 (1915-06-14)
Running time	5 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)
Budget	$18,327
Box office	$68,526

The Arab is a 1915 American silent adventure film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. Edgar Selwyn wrote and starred in the Broadway play version of the story in 1911, and this film is based on that play. Selwyn reprises his role from his play. This film was refilmed by Metro Pictures in 1924 as The Arab.

Cast

Edgar Selwyn as Jamil
Horace B. Carpenter as The Sheik
Milton Brown as Abdullah
William Elmer as Meshur (as Billy Elmer)
Sydney Deane as Dr. Hilbert
Gertrude Robinson as Mary Hilbert
J. Parks Jones as Ibrahim (as Park Jones)
Theodore Roberts as Turkish Governor
Raymond Hatton as Mysterious Messenger
Irvin S. Cobb as American Tourist
Marjorie Daw as Village Girl

References

^ "De Mille's Costs-Gross". Variety. March 21, 1928. p. 5. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Arab
The Arab, Lyceum and Astor Theatres; Lyceum(Sept. 1911) and Astor Theatre (Oct. 1911); IBDb.com
"Progressive Silent Film List: The Arab". silentera.com. Retrieved February 13, 2010. - incorrectly listed as being in Gosfilmofond. It's the 1924 film in Gosfilmofond
The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Catalog: The Arab

External links

The Arab at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Cecil B. DeMille
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Sound	Dynamite (1929) Madam Satan (1930) The Squaw Man (1931) The Sign of the Cross (1932) This Day and Age (1933) Four Frightened People (1934) Cleopatra (1934) The Crusades (1935) The Plainsman (1936) The Buccaneer (1938) Union Pacific (1939) North West Mounted Police (1940) Reap the Wild Wind (1942) The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944) Unconquered (1947) Samson and Delilah (1949) The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) The Ten Commandments (1956)

Films directed by Cecil B. DeMille

Silent

Sound

Dynamite (1929)
Madam Satan (1930)
The Squaw Man (1931)
The Sign of the Cross (1932)
This Day and Age (1933)
Four Frightened People (1934)
Cleopatra (1934)
The Crusades (1935)
The Plainsman (1936)
The Buccaneer (1938)
Union Pacific (1939)
North West Mounted Police (1940)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944)
Unconquered (1947)
Samson and Delilah (1949)
The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
The Ten Commandments (1956)

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