SILENT FILMS 1920s: THE VOICE FROM THE MINARET (1923)

CREDITS

Released: January 28, 1923

Production Company: Norma Talmadge Film Corporation

Distributor: Associated First National Pictures

Featured Cast: Norma Talmadge, Eugene O’Brien, Edwin Stevens, Winter Hall, Carl Gerard, Claire Du Brey, Lillian Lawrence, Albert Prisco

Director: Frank Lloyd

Executive Producer: Joseph M. Schenck

Producer: Norma Talmadge

Cinematographer: Norbert Brodine, Tony Gaudio

Presenter: Joseph M. Schenck

Writers: Robert Hichens (novel), Frances Marion (adaptation)

STORY

Lord Carlyle, governor of an Indian province, a ruthless type of a man, attracted by Adrienne’s beauty, makes her his wife, but does not win her love. Andrew Fabian, studying for the ministry, comes to India. After a scene involving Carlyle and another woman Adrienne leaves him. She and Fabian meet aboard ship and he persuades her to join a pilgrimage to Damascus, where they learn to love each other. Called back to reality by the voice form the minaret, Adrienne returns to her husband and they soon go back to England. Fabian becomes minister of a church in London. They meet again. Carlyle, suspicious, arranges a ruse and learns the truth. As he is about to denounce Fabian an attack of an old malady kills him, and the lovers find happiness. – Moving Picture World 1923.
Written By: Pamela Short

TECH

Runtime 1 hr 10 min (70 min) (USA)
Sound Mix Silent
Color Black and White
Aspect Ratio 1.33 : 1
Film Length (7 reels) (USA)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm