Under the Crescent

Under the Crescent
Contemporary newspaper advertisement
Directed by	Burton L. King
Written by	Nell Shipman
Starring	Ola Humphrey
Distributed by	Universal Film Manufacturing Co.
Release date	June 1, 1915 (1915-06-01)
Running time	6 episodes
Country	United States
Language	Silent with English intertitles

Under the Crescent is a 1915 American drama film serial directed by Burton L. King, starring Ola Humphrey, and released by Universal. The film is considered to be lost. ^[1]

Plot

A series of six episodes involving the adventures of an American actress in modern Egypt (circa 1910s). The story is biographical; it was based on the real life of its lead actress, Ola Humphrey, who in 1911 married Egyptian Prince Ibrahim Hassan, cousin of the Khedive. ^[2]

Cast

• Ola Humphrey as The American Actress
• William C. Dowlan as Stanley Clyde
• Edward Sloman as Prince Ibrahim Tousson
• Helen Wright as Princess Ousson
• Carmen Phillips as Princess Uarda
• William Quinn as Said Pasha
• Henry Canfield as Sir Godfrey (credited as H.E. Canfield)
• Orral Humphrey as Meheimit Ali
• Edna Maison as Princess Zohna

Chapter titles

1. The Purple Iris
2. The Cage of the Golden Bars
3. In The Shadows of the Pyramids
4. For The Honor of a Woman
5. In The Name of the King
6. The Crown of Death

See also

• List of film serials
• List of film serials by studio
• List of lost films

References

1. Armatage 2003, p. 57.
2. "Actress Weds a Prince". NY Times. April 16, 1911. Retrieved January 7, 2013.

Works cited

• Armatage, Kay (2003). The Girl from God's Country: Nell Shipman and the Silent Cinema. University of Toronto Press. ISBN   9781442681378.

External links

• Under the Crescent at IMDb
• Under the Crescent at SilentEra