Watch Omar the Tentmaker (1922) Official Trailer
7.7 / 10 IMDb December 22, 1922 1h 20m
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.
Director
Runtime
1h 20m
Release Date
December 22, 1922
Genre
Romance, Drama
Status
Released
Languages
No Language
Country
United States of America
Cast
Guy Bates Post
as Omar the tentmaker
Virginia Brown Faire
as Shireen
Nigel De Brulier
as Nizam ul Mulk
Noah Beery
as The shah of shahs
Rose Dione
as Shah's mother
Patsy Ruth Miller
as Little Shireen
Douglas Gerrard
as Hassan
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Will Jim Hatton
as Little Mahruss
Boris Karloff
as Imam Mowaffak
Maurice 'Lefty' Flynn
as The Christian Crusader (as Maurice B. Flynn)
Edward Kimball
as Omar's father (as Edward M. Kimball)
Walter Long
as The executioner
Evelyn Selbie
as Zarah
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John Gribner
as Mahruss
No photo
Gordon Mullen
as Emissary to the Shah
George Regas
as Emissary to the Shah (as George Rigas)
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Nick Shaid
as Arab Guard in Shireen's Garden (uncredited)
Production Companies
Richard Walton Tully Productions
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