Movie

A Prisoner of the Harem

(en)

1912

A Prisoner of the Harem

Drama

Romance

Overview: Alice Durand, after weeks of discouragement, reads the following advertisement in the New York Herald: "Governess wanted. Young American woman, well educated and speaking French and German, may obtain lucrative position with prominent Egyptian. Fare and expenses will be advanced. Write, enclosing photograph, to Mahmoud Pasha, Sphinx Club, Cairo, Egypt." Answering the advertisement, Alice seven weeks later, secures the position and leaves her New York boarding-house for Egypt.

Status: Released

Release date: July 19, 1912

Countries of origin: United States of America,

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Production company:
  • Kalem Company

Top Cast

Robert G. Vignola

Robert G. Vignola

as Mahmoud Pasha

Gene Gauntier

Gene Gauntier

as Alice Durand

Alice Hollister

Alice Hollister

as Zorah

J.J. Clark

J.J. Clark

as Jack Howard