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The Garden of Allah

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).

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    author
    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