Fires of Fate (1923 film)
Encyclopedia
Fires of Fate is a 1923 British
-American
silent
adventure film
directed by Tom Terriss
and starring Wanda Hawley
, Nigel Barrie
and Pedro de Cordoba
. It was adapted from the play Fires of Fate by Arthur Conan Doyle
which was in turn based on his 1898 novel The Tragedy of the Korosko
. The version released in the United States is known as Desert Sheik.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
-American
Cinema of the United States
The cinema of the United States, also known as Hollywood, has had a profound effect on cinema across the world since the early 20th century. Its history is sometimes separated into four main periods: the silent film era, classical Hollywood cinema, New Hollywood, and the contemporary period...
silent
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
adventure film
Adventure film
Adventure films are a genre of film.Unlike pure, low-budget action films they often use their action scenes preferably to display and explore exotic locations in an energetic way....
directed by Tom Terriss
Tom Terriss
Tom Terriss was a British actor, screenwriter and film director. He was the brother of Ellaline Terriss and William Terriss.-Selected filmography:* The Mystery of Edwin Drood * The Spark Divine * Captain Swift...
and starring Wanda Hawley
Wanda Hawley
Wanda Hawley , was a veteran of the silent screen films era. She entered the theatrical profession with an amateur group in Seattle, and later toured the U.S. and Canada as a singer. She co-starred with Rudolph Valentino in the 1922's The Young Rajah, and rose to stardom in a number of Cecil B...
, Nigel Barrie
Nigel Barrie
-Selected filmography:* Fires of Fate * Husband Hunters * The Shield of Honor * The Ringer * The Forger * Under the Greenwood Tree * Dreyfus * Passenger to London...
and Pedro de Cordoba
Pedro de Cordoba
Pedro de Cordoba , was an American actor.Pedro de Cordoba, who appeared in his first film, a 1915 version of Carmen, was actually a classically trained theatre actor who confessed he did not enjoy appearing in silent films nearly as much as he liked working on stage...
. It was adapted from the play Fires of Fate by Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle DL was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, generally considered a milestone in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger...
which was in turn based on his 1898 novel The Tragedy of the Korosko
The Tragedy of the Korosko
The Tragedy of the Korosko is a novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It was serialized a year earlier in The Strand Magazine between May and December 1897. It was later adapted into a play Fires of Fate by Doyle. The play was in turn twice adapted into film...
. The version released in the United States is known as Desert Sheik.
Cast
- Wanda HawleyWanda HawleyWanda Hawley , was a veteran of the silent screen films era. She entered the theatrical profession with an amateur group in Seattle, and later toured the U.S. and Canada as a singer. She co-starred with Rudolph Valentino in the 1922's The Young Rajah, and rose to stardom in a number of Cecil B...
as Dorinne Adams - Nigel BarrieNigel Barrie-Selected filmography:* Fires of Fate * Husband Hunters * The Shield of Honor * The Ringer * The Forger * Under the Greenwood Tree * Dreyfus * Passenger to London...
as Col. Egerton - Pedro de CordobaPedro de CordobaPedro de Cordoba , was an American actor.Pedro de Cordoba, who appeared in his first film, a 1915 version of Carmen, was actually a classically trained theatre actor who confessed he did not enjoy appearing in silent films nearly as much as he liked working on stage...
as Prince Ibrahim - Stewart RomeStewart RomeStewart Rome was a British actor who appeared in more than 150 films between 1913 and 1950. He was born in Newbury, Berkshire in 1886 as Wernham Ryott Gifford but took the stage name of Stewart Rome which was later unsuccessfully contested by Cecil Hepworth who also used the name...
as Rev. Samuel Rodin - Edith CraigEdith CraigEdith Ailsa Geraldine Craig was a prolific theatre director, producer, costume designer and early pioneer of the women's suffrage movement in England...
as Miss Adams - Percy StandingPercy StandingPercy Standing was an English film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 42 films between 1913 and 1934. He was the son of Herbert Standing...
as Stephen Belmont - Arthur M. Cullin as Sir Charles Rodin
- Douglas MunroDouglas 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...
as Mansoor - Cyril SmithCyril Smith (actor)Cyril Bruce Smith was a Scottish actor who began his career as a child in the 1900s and went on to appear in over 100 films between 1914 and his death almost 50 years later.-Career:...
as Lord Howard Cecil