The Shadow of the East (1924)
1h
Running Time
January 27, 1924Release Date
The Shadow of the East (1924)
1h
Running Time
January 27, 1924Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
Barry Craven meets former sweetheart Gillian Locke, who is visiting India with her father. Craven's love for Gillian is revived, but he already has a wife, Lolaire, a native. In a jealous rage, Lolaire kills herself, freeing Craven, who returns to England and marries Gillian. His Indian servant, Kunwar Singh, casts a spell on Craven, causing him to leave Gillian and to go into the Algerian desert. There he joins Said, an old university friend who is the son of an Algerian sheik. Gillian follows, the servant is killed, and with him dies the spell, "The Shadow of the East."
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Cast & Crew.
Frank Mayo
Barry Craven
Mildred Harris
Gillian Locke
Norman Kerry
Said
Bertram Grassby
Kunwar Singh
Evelyn Brent
Lolaire
Edythe Chapman
Aunt Caroline
Josef Swickard
John Locke
Lorimer Johnston
Peter Peters
Toy Gallagher
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Sherwood Mertz
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Jules Cronjager
Director of Photography
William Fox
Presenter
George Archainbaud
Director
Edith Maude Hull
Novel
Frederic Hatton
Screenplay
Fanny Hatton
Screenplay
Details.
This Movie Is About.
based on novel or book
india
ghost
lost film
Wiki.
The Shadow of the Desert (also released under its original title The Shadow of the East) is a 1924 American silent horror film directed by George Archainbaud. The film is based upon the novel The Shadow of the East by Edith Maude Hull, who also wrote the best-selling desert romance The Sheik.