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Title: The Queen of Sheba

Date: 1921

Distributor: Fox Film Corp.

Director: J. Gordon Edwards

Cast: Betty Blythe, Fritz Leiber, Clare De Lorez, George Siegmann, Herbert Heyes, Herschel Mayall, G.Raymond Nye, George Nichols, Genevieve Blinn, Pat Moore, Joan Gordon, William Hardy, Paul Cazeneuve, John Cosgrove, Nell Craig, Al Fremont, Earl Crain.

Summary: Sheba travels to Jerusalem to see if reports of Solomon’s wisdom are true. She and Solomon fall in love, angering his wife, Amrath. Amrath’s father, the pharoah, threatens war if Solomon leaves Amrath for Sheba. Sheba returns to her homeland with Solomon’s son.

Notes: Film made a star out of newcomer Betty Blythe. Cowboy star and former rodeo rider Tom Mix supervised the chariot race sequence.
         

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