The Rug Maker's Daughter
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Oscar Apfel
Maud Allan
Forrest Stanley
Jane Darwell
Herbert Standing
Laura Woods Cushing
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
When Demetra, the daughter of Turkish rugmaker Halib Bey, expresses delight with a particular rug, Bey promises it for her dowry but later sells it to Osman, a dealer who receives Bey's consent to marry Demetra. While sightseeing in Constantinople, American millionaire Robert Van Buren rescues Demetra from thieves, and they fall in love. Although Bey orders Bob from their house, the romance proceeds through clandestine meetings in the rose garden. On the evening before the couple's planned elopement to New York, Bob is abducted by Osman's hired ruffians and imprisoned in a dungeon. Just before Demetra's wedding to Osman, she travels to New York, where her cousin introduces her to Bob's mother. Osman follows, and by inducing Demetra to search for the rug, traps her. He brings in a priest and has Demetra on her knees, when Bob bursts in and rescues her. He then explains his adventures after the abduction. Although Bob's mother prefers a September wedding, he and Demetra marry in June.
Director
Oscar Apfel
Cast
Maud Allan
Forrest Stanley
Jane Darwell
Herbert Standing
Laura Woods Cushing
Harrington Gibbs
Mary Ruby
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Trivia
Notes
This was the first film of the famous classic dancer Maud Allan, who performed three of her dances in this film. According to the copyright entry, the title of the film is The Rugmaker's Daughter. Some scenes in this film were shot at the sunken gardens of a Los Angeles millionaire. The Shah Abbas rug from the Frank L. Loftus collection was used in the film.
