The Road to Love (1916) · Real Bad Media

Set in Algeria, this silent romance sends Arab slavers to seize both the American hero Gordon and his beloved Hafsa, who is unveiled on the auction block and bought by Ibrahim, a lecherous white-bearded old sheikh. Hafsa escapes that fate only when her long-lost mother persuades Sheikh Malik to let the American carry her off to a Christian wedding - making the film a rare case of a white hero marrying an Arab woman in an era when censor boards barred such unions.

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