Scorching Sands
{{short description|1923 film}}
{{for|another film|Shéhérazade (1963 film)}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Scorching Sands
| image = Scorching Sands (1923) - 1.jpg
| caption = Film still
| director = Hal Roach
Robin Williamson
| producer = Hal Roach
| writer =
| starring = Stan Laurel
| music =
| cinematography = Frank Young
| editing =
| studio = Hal Roach Studios
| distributor = Pathé Exchange
| released = {{film date|1923|12|9}}
| runtime = 10 minutes
| country = United States
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
| budget =
}}
Scorching Sands is a 1923 American silent comedy film starring Stan Laurel.{{cite web |url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/I/Informer1912.html |title=Progressive Silent Film List: Scorching Sands |accessdate=June 9, 2009|work=silentera.com}} The title is a play on that of the 1922 Paramount Pictures film Burning Sands.
Cast
{{Cast listing|
- Stan Laurel as Stan
- James Finlayson as James
- Katherine Grant as Tourist
- George Rowe as Arab
- Sammy Brooks
- Billy Engle
- William Gillespie as French officer
- Mark Jones as Arab leader
- Merta Sterling
- Charles Stevenson as Arab
}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0014450|title=Scorching Sands}}
- {{Internet Archive film|silent-scorching-sands|Scorching Sands}}
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Films directed by Hal Roach
Category:French Foreign Legion in popular culture
Category:Silent American comedy short films
Category:Films about the French Foreign Legion
Category:1920s English-language films
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