Sahara
Cast & Crew
Arthur Rosson
Louise Glaum
Matt Moore
Edwin Stevens
Master Pat Moore
Nigel De Brullier
Film Details
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Synopsis
Parisian music hall celebrity Mignon marries young American civil engineer John Stanley. When John is suddenly assigned to undertake an engineering project in the Sahara, Mignon accompanies him and her son to the desert, although she is accustomed to a life of frivolity. After months of discontent, Mignon leaves her husband and son for Russian Baron Alexis, who establishes her in a palace in Cairo. John is brokenhearted, and becomes a drug addict. Mignon later runs across her husband and son who have become beggars. She is filled with remorse and goes back to the desert to nurse her husband. John recovers slowly, reconciles with his wife, and the family finds happiness together.
Director
Arthur Rosson
Cast
Louise Glaum
Matt Moore
Edwin Stevens
Master Pat Moore
Nigel De Brullier
Crew
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Notes
The working title of this film was The Stairway of the Stars. This film was advertised in a January 4, 1919 trade paper ad under the title Sahara. When the film had its premiere at a special showing at the Rialto Theater in New York on March 18, 1919, it was entitled Forbidden Fire. Victor Schertzinger arranged the music for that showing. The film was copyrighted under the title Forbidden Fire and reviewed under that title. Release charts from April 5, 1919 until May 24, 1919 included the film under the title Forbidden Fire as a state rights release available from J. Parker Read. No information has been located to confirm that the film was exhibited during this period. An ad appeared on May 24, 1919 announcing that the film, now called Sahara, would be released by W. W. Hodkinson Corp. through Pathé Exchange, Inc. It was announced that in addition to Schertzinger's orchestration, one by Dr. Hugo Reisenfeld would be available to exhibitors. In the reviews for Sahara, no mention was made that the film was the same as Forbidden Fire. The film was released under the title Sahara on June 29, 1919. While some sources refer to Allan Dwan as the film's director, most state that he "personally supervised" the film and that Arthur Rosson directed it.
