Sahara (1919)

film

Villainscatalogued, not screened by the author
Distributor
A.J. PARKER READ PROD
Cast
Louise Glaum, Matt Moore, Edward Stevens
Production notes
Silent. Notes from NYT (30 June 1919) 16

Findings (1)

  • Egypt itself plays the corrupting force: the Sahara posting drives the Parisian wife to abandon her family for a palace in Cairo, while the city reduces her American husband to a blind, hasheesh-addicted beggar in its streets, the Arab world figuring as a swamp of vice and ruin.
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