Where to watch · United States

Not on any service here yet.

A Prisoner of the Harem (1912)

Directed by Sidney Olcott

Drama, Romance

Alice Durand, after weeks of discouragement, reads the following advertisement in the New York Herald: "Governess wanted. Young American woman, well educated and speaking French and German, may obtain lucrative position with prominent Egyptian. Fare and expenses will be advanced. Write, enclosing photograph, to Mahmoud Pasha, Sphinx Club, Cairo, Egypt." Answering the advertisement, Alice seven weeks later, secures the position and leaves her New York boarding-house for Egypt.

Rate it first

No account needed. Others' takes stay sealed until you rate.

?/10

Cast

Robert G. Vignola Mahmoud Pasha Gene Gauntier Alice Durand Alice Hollister Zorah J.J. Clark Jack Howard

Crew

Director
Sidney Olcott
Writer
E. Alexander Powell

Details

Release date
1912-07-19
Genres
Drama, Romance
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
No Language
Countries
United States of America
Production
Kalem Company