A Romance of Old Baghdad is a 1922 British silent drama film directed by Kenelm Foss

Kenelm Foss

-Selected filmography:Director* The Glad Eye * A Romance of Old Baghdad * The House of Peril * Dicky Monteith Writer* Rock of Ages -External links:...

 and starring Matheson Lang

Matheson Lang

Matheson Alexander Lang was a Canadian-born stage and film actor and playwright in the early 20th century. He is best remembered for his performances roles in Great Britain in Shakespeare plays.-Biography:...

, Manora Thew

Manora Thew

-Selected filmography:* Arsene Lupin * His Daughter's Dilemma * Not Negotiable * The Splendid Folly * The Toilers * At the Villa Rose * A Romance of Old Baghdad...

 and Roy Travers

Roy Travers

-Selected filmography:* The Man Who Bought London * A Romance of Old Baghdad * The House of Peril * The Hypocrites * Q Ships * Romany Love * Kiss Me Sergeant -External links:...

. It is an adaptation of the novel Miss Haroun al Rashid by Jessie Douglas Kerruish. In nineteenth century Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia is a toponym for the area of the Tigris–Euphrates river system, largely corresponding to modern-day Iraq, northeastern Syria, southeastern Turkey and southwestern Iran.Widely considered to be the cradle of civilization, Bronze Age Mesopotamia included Sumer and the...

 a series of romantic enganglements ensue. The Hollywood actress Evelyn Brent

Evelyn Brent

Evelyn Brent was an American film and stage actress.-Early life:Born Mary Elizabeth Riggs in Tampa, Florida and known as Betty, she was a child of 10 when her mother Eleanor died, leaving her father Arthur to raise her alone...

 was originally intended to star but did not ultimately appear in the finished film.

Cast

• Matheson Lang
  Matheson Lang
  Matheson Alexander Lang was a Canadian-born stage and film actor and playwright in the early 20th century. He is best remembered for his performances roles in Great Britain in Shakespeare plays.-Biography:...
  
   - Prince Omar
• Manora Thew
  Manora Thew
  -Selected filmography:* Arsene Lupin * His Daughter's Dilemma * Not Negotiable * The Splendid Folly * The Toilers * At the Villa Rose * A Romance of Old Baghdad...
  
   - Sourna
• Roy Travers
  Roy Travers
  -Selected filmography:* The Man Who Bought London * A Romance of Old Baghdad * The House of Peril * The Hypocrites * Q Ships * Romany Love * Kiss Me Sergeant -External links:...
  
   - Harvey P. Wilbur
• Henry Victor
  Henry Victor
  Henry Victor was an English-born character actor. Raised in Germany, Victor is probably best remembered for his portrayal of the strongman Hercules in Tod Browning's 1932 film Freaks. He originally was a leading figure in UK silent films...
  
   - Horne Jerningham
• George Bellamy - General Walters
• Barbara Everest
  Barbara Everest
  Barbara Everest was a British film actress. She was born in Southfields, Surrey, and made her screen debut in the 1916 film The Man Without a Soul.-Selected filmography:* A Romance of Old Baghdad...
  
   - Mrs Jocelyn
• A. Harding Steerman
  A. Harding Steerman
  -Selected filmography:* Iron Justice * A Bid for Fortune * The Elusive Pimpernel * The Manchester Man * Bleak House * Beyond the Dreams of Avarice * Love at the Wheel...
  
   - Mr Jocelyn
• Douglas Munro
  Douglas Munro (actor)
  -Selected filmography:* The Garden of Resurrection * General Post * London Pride * The Lure of Crooning Water * A Temporary Vagabond * The Mirage * The Sport of Kings...
  
   - Abdul Bey
• Clyne Dacia - Rathia
• George Foley
  George Foley (actor)
  -Selected filmography:* Jobson's Luck * The Life of Shakespeare * The Woman Who Did * A London Flat Mystery * The Price He Paid * The Answer * Beau Brocade * A Sheffield Blade...
  
   - Kadi
• Rolf Leslie - Haji
• Victor McLaglen
  Victor McLaglen
  Victor Andrew de Bier Everleigh McLaglen was an English boxer and World War I veteran who became a successful film actor.Towards the end of his life he was naturalised as a U.S. citizen.-Early life:...
  
   - Miski
• Jack Minister - Piers Blessington
• Lorna Rathbone - Evelyn Jerningham
• Beatie Olna Travers - Salti