The Desert Bride is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by Walter Lang and starring Betty Compson and Allan Forrest. It was adapted for the screen by Elmer Harris and Anthony Coldeway based on a short story titled "The Adventuress" by Ewart Adamson. Until 2017, the film was considered to be lost.
Plot
In North Africa a French intelligence officer and his fiancée are taken prisoner by Arab Nationalists, whose leader tortures them before they are rescued by French troops.
Cast Betty Compson as Diane Duval Allan Forrest as Capt. Maurice de Florimont Edward Martindel as Col. Sorelle Otto Matieson as Kassim Ben Ali Roscoe Karns as Pvt. Terry Frank Austin as Beggar
Preservation A complete 35mm nitrate print of The Desert Bride is held by a private collector.
The film was released as part of Columbia Classics Volume 5 on Ultra HD Blu-ray/Blu-ray Disc on October 22, 2024, by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment as a bonus film.
References
Bibliography Parish, James & Robert & Pitts, Michael R. The Great Spy Pictures. Scarecrow Press, 1974.
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