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The Garden of Allah
The Garden of Allah is a 1927 American silent romantic drama film directed by Rex Ingram, his final film for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film stars Ingram’s wife, actress Alice Terry and Iván Petrovich. It is the second version of the Robert Hichens 1904 British novel of the same name, which had been filmed by the Selig Polyscope Company in 1916 with Helen Ware and would be filmed again in 1936 with Marlene Dietrich and Charles Boyer.
Plot
Father Adrien (Iván Petrovich), a monk at the Trappist monastery of Notre Dame d'Afrique in Algeria, abandons his vows and escapes to the desert, where he meets and rescues Domini (Alice Terry).
More details
author | Willis Goldbeck |
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contentLocation | Algeria |
director | Rex Ingram |
editor | Arthur Ellis |
genre | drama |
keywords | trappist |
musicBy | William Axt |
producer | Rex Ingram |
publisher | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
theme | romantic drama |