The Garden of Allah (1916 film)

The Garden of Allah is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Colin Campbell and starring Helen Ware, Tom Santschi and Eugenie Besserer.^[1] It is based on the 1904 novel of the same title by Robert Smythe Hichens, adapted a number of times including a 1937 sound film starring Marlene Dietrich. Location shooting took place in the Mojave Desert.

The Garden of Allah
Poster for the film
Directed by	Colin Campbell
Written by	Gilson Willets
Based on	The Garden of Allah by Robert Hichens
Produced by	William Nicholas Selig
Starring	Helen Ware Tom Santschi Eugenie Besserer
Production company	Selig Polyscope Company
Distributed by	V-L-S-E
Release date	December 25, 1916 (1916-12-25)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

Scene from the film.

Preservation

A print of the film survives in the George Eastman Museum.^[2]

Cast

• Helen Ware as Domini Enfilden
• Tom Santschi as Boris Androvsky
• Will Machin as Capt. De Trevignac
• Matt Snyder as Count Anteoni (*aka Matt B. Snyder)
• Harry Lonsdale as Father Roubier
• Eugenie Besserer as Lady Rens
• James Bradbury Sr. as The Sand Diviner
• Al W. Filson as Lord Rens
• Cecil Holland as Hadj
• Frank Clark as Father Beret
• Billy Jacobs as Child
• Pietro Sosso as Batouch
• Camille Astor as Suzanna