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Omar the Tentmaker
Omar the Tentmaker

Omar the Tentmaker

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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.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

80 mins

Rating

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Release Date

22 December 1922

Country

United States of America

Cast

Guy Bates Post

Guy Bates Post

Omar the tentmaker

Virginia Brown Faire

Virginia Brown Faire

Shireen

Nigel De Brulier

Nigel De Brulier

Nizam ul Mulk

Noah Beery

Noah Beery

The shah of shahs

Rose Dione

Rose Dione

Shah's mother

Patsy Ruth Miller

Patsy Ruth Miller

Little Shireen

Douglas Gerrard

Douglas Gerrard

Hassan

Will Jim Hatton

Will Jim Hatton

Little Mahruss

Boris Karloff

Boris Karloff

Imam Mowaffak

Maurice 'Lefty' Flynn

Maurice 'Lefty' Flynn

The Christian Crusader (as Maurice B. Flynn)

Edward Kimball

Edward Kimball

Omar's father (as Edward M. Kimball)

Walter Long

Walter Long

The executioner

Evelyn Selbie

Evelyn Selbie

Zarah

John Gribner

John Gribner

Mahruss

Gordon Mullen

Gordon Mullen

Emissary to the Shah

George Regas

George Regas

Emissary to the Shah (as George Rigas)

Nick Shaid

Nick Shaid

Arab Guard in Shireen's Garden (uncredited)

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