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Title: The Arab

Date: 1915

Distributor: Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co.

Director: Cecil B. DeMille

Cast: Edgar Selwyn, Horace B. Carpenter, Milton Brown, Billy Elmer, Sydney Deane, Gertrude Robinson, Park Jones, Theodore Roberts, Raymond Hatton, Irvin S. Cobb.

Summary: Jamil’s father, the Bedouin sheik, gives jamil’s beloved white horse to an enemy because of an attack by Jamil’s followers. Jamil leaves to retrieve his horse. The Turkish governor has purchased Jamil’s horse and given it to a woman he fancies, Mary Hilbert, the daughter of a missionary. Jamil finds Mary riding his horse and falls in love with her. Jamil offers to convert to Christianity. Jamil discovers the governor has taken Mary for his harem. The governor shoots Jamil and tells the Bedouins that Mary is the one who shot him. Jamil recovers and tells the truth to the revenge-minded Bedouins, saving Mary’s life. Because his father, the sheik, has died, Jamil becomes the leader of the Bedouins. Mary leaves for America, but she vows to return.

Notes: Edgar Selwyn’s first film.