An Arabian Knight
{{short description|1920 film by Charles Swickard}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name = An Arabian Knight
| image = Sessue Hayakawa in An Arabian Night by Charles Swickard Film Daily 1920.png
| alt =
| caption = Advertisement
| director = Charles Swickard
| producer =
| writer = Richard Schayer (scenario)
| screenplay =
| story = Gene Wright (story)
| based_on =
| starring = Sessue Hayakawa
Lillian Hall
Jean Acker
| narrator =
| music =
| cinematography = Frank D. Williams
| editing =
| studio = Haworth Pictures Corporation
| distributor = Robertson-Cole Distributing Corporation
| released = {{Film date|1920|08|22}}
| runtime = 5 reels
| country = United States
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
| budget =
| gross =
}}
An Arabian Knight is a 1920 American drama film directed by Charles Swickard and produced by Sessue Hayakawa's Haworth Pictures Corporation.{{cite book|last=Miyao|first=Daisuke|authorlink=Daisuke Miyao|title=Sessue Hayakawa: Silent Cinema and Transnational Stardom|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XdByFX5R08kC&pg=PA187|date=March 7, 2007|publisher=Duke University Press|isbn=978-0-8223-8982-8|page=187}}{{cite book|title=Photoplay|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GH4XAQAAMAAJ|volume=18|year=1920|publisher=Macfadden Publications|page=116|issue=2–6}} Its survival status is classified as unknown,[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/A/ArabianKnight1920.html Progressive Silent Film List: An Arabian Knight] at silentera.com which suggests that it is a lost film. Nevertheless, the Library of Congress lists this as being in their collection.Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress(<-book title) p.7 c.1978 The American Film Institute[https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.1642/ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database:An Arabian Knight]
Plot
As described in a film magazine,{{cite journal |title=Reviews: An Arabian Knight |journal=Exhibitors Herald |volume=11 |issue=10 |page=102 |publisher=Exhibitors Herald Company |location=New York City |date=September 4, 1920 |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald11exhi}} Cordelia Darwin (Inescourt), spinster sister of Egyptologist George Darwin (Clark) who resides in the desert, is a believer in reincarnation. Certain that she lived two thousand years ago as the Princess Rhodolphis and that youthful dragoman Ahmed (Hayakawa) is the reincarnation of her lost lover, she installs him in her home as a butler. Elinor Wayne (Hall), ward of the Darwins, becomes the prey of Egyptian nobleman Aboul Pasha (Jones). His determination to win her results in her abduction by rascals who take her to the home of the dancer Soada (Pavis). Ahmed follows and rescues Elinor. When murderers hired by Pasha burn down the Darwin home, Ahmed aids the Darwins and Elinor in escaping. Elinor and George are reunited as sweethearts, while Ahmed finds his soul mate in Zorah (Acker).
Cast
- Sessue Hayakawa as Ahmed
- Lillian Hall as Elinor Wayne
- Jean Acker as Zorah
- Yvonne Pavis as Soada (credited as Marie Pavis)
- Elaine Inescourt as Cordelia Darwin
- Harvey Clark as George Darwin (credited as Harvey Clarke)
- Fred C. Jones as Aboul Pasha (credited as Fred Jones)
- Roy Coulson as Wassef
- Tom Bates as Bedr
References
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External links
{{commons category|An Arabian Knight}}
- {{IMDb title|0010965}}
- [https://www.allmovie.com/movie/an-arabian-knight-vm482 allmovie.com]
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Category:1920s English-language films
Category:American silent feature films
Category:Haworth Pictures Corporation films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:1920 comedy-drama films
Category:Films directed by Charles Swickard
Category:Film Booking Offices of America films
Category:Silent American comedy-drama films
Category:Films with screenplays by Richard Schayer
Category:Films about reincarnation
Category:English-language comedy-drama films
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