Omar the Tentmaker

Duration: 80 min

Release date: 1922-12-22

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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.

Romance Drama

Omar the Tentmaker

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as Omar the tentmaker

Virginia Brown Faire

Virginia Brown Faire

Nigel De Brulier

Nigel De Brulier

as Nizam ul Mulk

as The shah of shahs

as Shah's mother

Patsy Ruth Miller

Patsy Ruth Miller

as Little Shireen

Douglas Gerrard

Douglas Gerrard

Will Jim Hatton

Will Jim Hatton

as Little Mahruss

as Imam Mowaffak

Maurice 'Lefty' Flynn

Maurice 'Lefty' Flynn

as The Christian Crusader (as Maurice B. Flynn)

as Omar's father (as Edward M. Kimball)

as The executioner

as Emissary to the Shah

as Emissary to the Shah (as George Rigas)

as Arab Guard in Shireen's Garden (uncredited)

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Richard Walton Tully

Richard Walton Tully

Richard Walton Tully

Richard Walton Tully

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