Without Benefit of Clergy
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James Young
Director
Virginia Brown Faire
Ameera
Thomas Holding
John Holden
Evelyn Selbie
Ameera's mother
Otto Lederer
Ahghan, moneylender
Boris Karloff
Ahmed Khan
Film Details
Release Date
Jul
1921
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Robert Brunton Productions
Distribution Company
Pathé Exchange
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel Without Benefit of Clergy by Rudyard Kipling (New York, 1899).
Synopsis
In Lahore, English engineer John Holden rescues Ameera from an unwelcome suitor. Charmed by the girl, he offers a generous dowry for her, and an elaborate native ceremony takes place. A son is born to them, and they are very happy until the boy dies and Holden is forced to go away on a construction project. When cholera breaks out in Lahore, Holden returns, but Ameera is stricken by the plague and dies.
Director
James Young
Director
Cast
Virginia Brown Faire
Ameera
Thomas Holding
John Holden
Evelyn Selbie
Ameera's mother
Otto Lederer
Ahghan, moneylender
Boris Karloff
Ahmed Khan
Nigel De Brulier
Pir Khan
Herbert Prior
Hugh Sanders
Ruth Sinclair
Alice Sanders
E. G. Miller
Michael Devenish
Philippe De Lacey
Tota, at 5
Crew
Film Details
Release Date
Jul
1921
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Robert Brunton Productions
Distribution Company
Pathé Exchange
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel Without Benefit of Clergy by Rudyard Kipling (New York, 1899).
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Notes
Kipling himself made the sketches for the scenes and properties used in this production.
