Omar the Tentmaker
Omar the Tentmaker

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Omar the Tentmaker

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1922
1h 20m
RomanceDrama
mathematicianslaverypoetbased on real person

Overview

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

Guy Bates Post

Guy Bates Post

Omar the tentmaker

Virginia Brown Faire

Virginia Brown Faire

Shireen

Nigel De Brulier

Nigel De Brulier

Nizam ul Mulk

Noah Beery

Noah Beery

The shah of shahs

Rose Dione

Rose Dione

Shah's mother

Patsy Ruth Miller

Patsy Ruth Miller

Little Shireen

Douglas Gerrard

Douglas Gerrard

Hassan

Will Jim Hatton

Little Mahruss

Boris Karloff

Boris Karloff

Imam Mowaffak

Maurice 'Lefty' Flynn

Maurice 'Lefty' Flynn

The Christian Crusader (as Maurice B. Flynn)

Directed by

James Young

James Young

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