Omar the Tentmaker

1h 20min

Romance

Drama

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.

Cast

Guy Bates Post

Guy Bates Post

Omar the tentmaker
Nigel De Brulier

Nigel De Brulier

Nizam ul Mulk
Noah Beery

Noah Beery

The shah of shahs
Rose Dione

Rose Dione

Shah's mother
Patsy Ruth Miller

Patsy Ruth Miller

Little Shireen
Will Jim Hatton

Will Jim Hatton

Little Mahruss
Boris Karloff

Boris Karloff

Imam Mowaffak
Maurice 'Lefty' Flynn

Maurice 'Lefty' Flynn

The Christian Crusader (as Maurice B. Flynn)
Edward Kimball

Edward Kimball

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

Walter Long

The executioner
Gordon Mullen

Gordon Mullen

Emissary to the Shah
George Regas

George Regas

Emissary to the Shah (as George Rigas)
Nick Shaid

Nick Shaid

Arab Guard in Shireen's Garden (uncredited)

Release date

22nd Dec 1922

Status

Released

Spoken languages