Omar the Tentmaker
1922 · 80 min · ★ 10.0 · Romance, Drama
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.
Directed by James Young · Written by Richard Walton Tully
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Guy Bates Post Omar the tentmaker -
Virginia Brown Faire Shireen -
Nigel De Brulier Nizam ul Mulk -
Noah Beery The shah of shahs -
Rose Dione Shah's mother -
Patsy Ruth Miller Little Shireen -
Douglas Gerrard Hassan - W Will Jim Hatton Little Mahruss
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Boris Karloff Imam Mowaffak -
Maurice 'Lefty' Flynn The Christian Crusader (as Maurice B. Flynn) -
Edward Kimball Omar's father (as Edward M. Kimball) -
Walter Long The executioner
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