The Garden of Allah
The Garden of Allah is a 1936 American adventure drama romance film directed by Richard Boleslawski, produced by David O. Selznick, and starring Marlene Dietrich and Charles Boyer. The screenplay was written by William P. Lipscomb and Lynn Riggs, who based it on the 1904 novel of the same title by Robert S. Hichens. Hichens's novel had been filmed twice before, as silent films made in 1916 and 1927. The supporting cast of the sound version features Basil Rathbone, C. Aubrey Smith, Joseph Schildkraut, John Carradine, Alan Marshal, and Lucile Watson. The music score is by Max Steiner.
Plot
After the death of her invalid father, wealthy Domini Enfilden returns to Le Couvent de Ste. Cecile, where she was reared, to seek counsel from Mother Josephine about her loneliness. The Mother Superior tells her that in the solitude of the Sahara Desert, she might find herself. Meanwhile, at a Trappist monastery at el Lagarnine in Tunis in Northern Africa, a visitor, Captain de Trevignac, tastes the liqueur for which the monastery is famous.
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| author | Robert Smythe Hichens W. P. Lipscomb |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Algeria |
| director | Ryszard Bolesławski |
| editor | Hal C. Kern |
| genre | adventure drama romance |
| keywords | cast church desert first time horrify liqueur mother superior northern africa one night rid sahara desert secret formula trappist warn wed |
| musicBy | Max Steiner |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment |
| producer | David O. Selznick |
| productionCompany | Selznick International Pictures |
| publisher | United Artists |
| theme | romantic drama silent |