Omar the Tentmaker
1922-12-22 | 80 minutes
Plot Summary
About Omar Khayyam of Persia, the poet and mathematician, who wrote the Iranian first solar calendar circa A.D. 1073. His fiancé was forced to marry the shah, but she eventually escaped and, with help of grand Vazir, joined Omar Khayyam. Hollywood made a film based on the same story with Connell Wilde, the life and adventures of Omar Khayyam.
Cast
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Guy Bates PostOmar the tentmaker
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Virginia Brown FaireShireen
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Nigel De BrulierNizam ul Mulk
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Noah BeeryThe shah of shahs
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Rose DioneShah's mother
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Patsy Ruth MillerLittle Shireen
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Douglas GerrardHassan
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Boris KarloffImam Mowaffak
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Maurice 'Lefty' FlynnThe Christian Crusader (as Maurice B. Flynn)
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Edward KimballOmar's father (as Edward M. Kimball)
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Walter LongThe executioner
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Evelyn SelbieZarah
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George RegasEmissary to the Shah (as George Rigas)
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