The Garden of Allah (1927 film)

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The Garden of Allah (1927 film) is a silent romantic drama set in the North African desert, notable for its exotic atmosphere and early Technicolor sequences.

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instanceOf American film
feature film
romantic drama film
silent film
artDirectionBy Rex Ingram
basedOn The Garden of Allah
surface form: The Garden of Allah (novel)
basedOnAuthor Robert Smythe Hichens NERFINISHED
cinematographyBy John F. Seitz NERFINISHED
colorProcess early Technicolor sequences
countryOfFilming France
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Rex Ingram
distributor Loew's Inc.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
surface form: Metro-Goldwyn Distributing Corporation

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
era late silent film era
filmingLocation Nice, France
North African desert locations
followedBy The Garden of Allah
surface form: The Garden of Allah (1936 film)
format silent
genre romantic drama
hasColorType part-color film
language Silent film with English intertitles
mainCharacter Boris Androvsky
Domini Enfilden
musicBy William Axt NERFINISHED
narrativeLocation Sahara Desert
notableFor exotic desert atmosphere
use of early Technicolor sequences
partOf silent era of Hollywood cinema
precededBy The Garden of Allah (1927 film) self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Garden of Allah (1916 film)
producer Rex Ingram
productionCompany Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
productionStatus extant (surviving film)
releaseDate 1927-10-30
releaseYear 1927
runtime approximately 80 minutes
screenwriter Rex Ingram
setting North African desert
starring Alice Terry
Iván Petrovich NERFINISHED
Nigel De Brulier NERFINISHED
Pilar Arcos NERFINISHED
theme conflict between passion and faith
religious devotion
romantic love

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William Cameron Menzies artDirected The Garden of Allah (1927 film)
this entity surface form: The Garden of Allah (1936 film)
The Garden of Allah (1927 film) precededBy The Garden of Allah (1927 film) self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Garden of Allah (1916 film)
Achmed Abdullah wroteScreenplayFor The Garden of Allah (1927 film)