Under the Crescent

Under the Crescent
Under the Crescent
	Contemporary newspaper advertisement
Directed by	Burton L. King
Written by	Nell Shipman
Starring	Ola Humphrey
Distributed by	Universal Film Manufacturing Co.
Release date	June 1, 1915;
Running time	6 episodes
Country	United States
Language	Silent with English intertitles

Under the Crescent is a 1915 American drama film serial directed by Burton L. King, starring Ola Humphrey, and released by Universal. The film is considered to be lost.^[1]

Plot

A series of six episodes involving the adventures of an American actress in modern Egypt (circa 1910s). The story is biographical; it was based on the real life of its lead actress, Ola Humphrey, who in 1911 married Egyptian Prince Ibrahim Hassan, cousin of the Khedive.^[2]

Cast

Ola Humphrey as The American Actress
William C. Dowlan as Stanley Clyde
Edward Sloman as Prince Ibrahim Tousson
Helen Wright as Princess Ousson
Carmen Phillips as Princess Uarda
William Quinn as Said Pasha
Henry Canfield as Sir Godfrey (credited as H.E. Canfield)
Orral Humphrey as Meheimit Ali
Edna Maison as Princess Zohna

Chapter titles

The Purple Iris
The Cage of the Golden Bars
In The Shadows of the Pyramids
For The Honor of a Woman
In The Name of the King
The Crown of Death

References

^ Armatage 2003, p. 57.
^ "Actress Weds a Prince". NY Times. April 16, 1911. Retrieved January 7, 2013.

Works cited

Armatage, Kay (2003). The Girl from God's Country: Nell Shipman and the Silent Cinema. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 9781442681378.

External links

This 1910s drama film-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[FOOTNOTEArmatage200357-1] Armatage 2003, p. 57.

[nytimes-2] "Actress Weds a Prince". NY Times. April 16, 1911. Retrieved January 7, 2013.

[1]

[2]