Omar the Tentmaker (1922)
Synopsis
About Omar Khayyam of Persia, the poet and mathematician, who wrote the Iranian first solar calendar circa A.D. 1073. His fiancé was forced to marry the shah, but she eventually escaped and, with help of grand Vazir, joined Omar Khayyam. Hollywood made a film based on the same story with Connell Wilde, the life and adventures of Omar Khayyam.
Release Date: 1922-12-22
Runtime: 80 minutes
Director: James Young
Top Cast
- Guy Bates Post as Omar the tentmaker
- Virginia Brown Faire as Shireen
- Nigel De Brulier as Nizam ul Mulk
- Noah Beery as The shah of shahs
- Rose Dione as Shah's mother
- Patsy Ruth Miller as Little Shireen
- Douglas Gerrard as Hassan
- Will Jim Hatton as Little Mahruss
- Boris Karloff as Imam Mowaffak
- Maurice 'Lefty' Flynn as The Christian Crusader (as Maurice B. Flynn)
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