Omar the Tentmaker is a
1922-Events:* November 26 - The Toll of the Sea, starring Anna May Wong and Kenneth Harlan, debuts as the first general release film to use two-tone Technicolor ....
drama filmA drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, crime and corruption put the characters in conflict with themselves,...
directed by
James YoungJames Young , was an American film director, actor and screenwriter of the silent era. He directed 93 films between 1912 and 1928...
and featuring
Boris KarloffBoris Karloff was a British actor who emigrated to Canada in the 1910s. He is best remembered for his roles in horror films and his portrayal of Frankenstein's monster in the 1931 film Frankenstein, 1935 film Bride of Frankenstein, and 1939 film Son of Frankenstein...
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- Guy Bates Post - Omar the tentmaker
- Virginia Brown Faire - Shireen
- Nigel De Brulier
Nigel De Brulier was an English film actor, who launched his career in the theatre stage in his native country and transferred to movies after moving to USA. His first film role was a poet in The Pursuit of the Phantom in 1914...
- Nizam ul Mulk
- Noah Beery
Noah Beery was an American actor, who appeared in films from the 1920s to the 1940s.-Early life:Beery was born Noah Nicholas Beery in Kansas City, Missouri. He and his brothers William C. Beery and Wallace Beery became Hollywood actors...
- The shah of shahs
- Rose Dione
Rose Dione , was a French born actress of the silent era. She appeared in 68 films between 1910 and 1932...
- Shah's mother
- Patsy Ruth Miller
Patsy Ruth Miller was an American film actress.After being discovered by the actress Alla Nazimova at a Hollywood party, Patsy Ruth Miller got her first break with a small role in Camille, which starred Rudolph Valentino...
- Little Shireen
- Douglas Gerrard
Douglas Gerrard , was an Irish actor and film director of the silent era. He appeared in 116 films between 1913 and 1949. He also directed 23 films between 1916 and 1920....
- Hassan
- Will Jim Hatton - Little Mahruss
- Boris Karloff
Boris Karloff was a British actor who emigrated to Canada in the 1910s. He is best remembered for his roles in horror films and his portrayal of Frankenstein's monster in the 1931 film Frankenstein, 1935 film Bride of Frankenstein, and 1939 film Son of Frankenstein...
- Imam Mowaffak
- Maurice 'Lefty' Flynn - The Christian Crusader (as Maurice B.
Omar the Tentmaker is a
1922-Events:* November 26 - The Toll of the Sea, starring Anna May Wong and Kenneth Harlan, debuts as the first general release film to use two-tone Technicolor ....
drama filmA drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, crime and corruption put the characters in conflict with themselves,...
directed by
James YoungJames Young , was an American film director, actor and screenwriter of the silent era. He directed 93 films between 1912 and 1928...
and featuring
Boris KarloffBoris Karloff was a British actor who emigrated to Canada in the 1910s. He is best remembered for his roles in horror films and his portrayal of Frankenstein's monster in the 1931 film Frankenstein, 1935 film Bride of Frankenstein, and 1939 film Son of Frankenstein...
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Cast
- Guy Bates Post - Omar the tentmaker
- Virginia Brown Faire - Shireen
- Nigel De Brulier
Nigel De Brulier was an English film actor, who launched his career in the theatre stage in his native country and transferred to movies after moving to USA. His first film role was a poet in The Pursuit of the Phantom in 1914...
- Nizam ul Mulk
- Noah Beery
Noah Beery was an American actor, who appeared in films from the 1920s to the 1940s.-Early life:Beery was born Noah Nicholas Beery in Kansas City, Missouri. He and his brothers William C. Beery and Wallace Beery became Hollywood actors...
- The shah of shahs
- Rose Dione
Rose Dione , was a French born actress of the silent era. She appeared in 68 films between 1910 and 1932...
- Shah's mother
- Patsy Ruth Miller
Patsy Ruth Miller was an American film actress.After being discovered by the actress Alla Nazimova at a Hollywood party, Patsy Ruth Miller got her first break with a small role in Camille, which starred Rudolph Valentino...
- Little Shireen
- Douglas Gerrard
Douglas Gerrard , was an Irish actor and film director of the silent era. He appeared in 116 films between 1913 and 1949. He also directed 23 films between 1916 and 1920....
- Hassan
- Will Jim Hatton - Little Mahruss
- Boris Karloff
Boris Karloff was a British actor who emigrated to Canada in the 1910s. He is best remembered for his roles in horror films and his portrayal of Frankenstein's monster in the 1931 film Frankenstein, 1935 film Bride of Frankenstein, and 1939 film Son of Frankenstein...
- Imam Mowaffak
- Maurice 'Lefty' Flynn - The Christian Crusader (as Maurice B. Flynn)
- Edward Kimball
Edward M. Kimball , was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 63 films between 1912 and 1936....
- Omar's father (as Edward M. Kimball)
- Walter Long
Walter Long was an American character actor in films from the 1910s. He was born in Nashua, New Hampshire.-Involvement with D.W. Griffith:He appeared in many D.W...
- The executioner
- Evelyn Selbie
Evelyn Selbie was a stage actress and performer in silent films who was born in Louisville, Kentucky. As a youth she was a side-saddle rider. She had a career which lasted twenty-five years on the stage. Evelyn began in Proctor's stock companies in New York after leaving her home. She acted in...
- Zarah
- John Gribner - Mahruss
- Gordon Mullen - Emissary to the Shah
- George Regas
George Regas was a Greek actor.Born in Sparta, Greece, he was the brother of actor Pedro Regas. He was a stage actor in Athens before coming to the U.S. as Romeo in a Grecian version of Romeo and Juliet, which he performed in New York...
- Emissary to the Shah (as George Rigas)