Priscilla Dean
Sari
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Plot. Based upon a review in a film publication, [2] Sari (Dean) is a beggar girl of the streets of Stamboul, near Constantinople, who attracts the attention of Captain Pemberton (Oakman), a soldier of fortune, who has recruited the Black Horse cavalry to maintain law and order.
The Virgin of Stamboul: Directed by Tod Browning. With Priscilla Dean, Wheeler Oakman, Wallace Beery, Clyde Benson. Achmet Bey, a Turkish chieftain, catches one of his many wives in adultery and murders her lover. Throwing aside the cuckolding wife, he abducts his harem an innocent girl.
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- Drama
- Tod Browning
- 1920-03-27
The main feature was The Virgin of Stamboul (1920), starring Priscilla Dean and Wallace Beery. But first up was a real British rarity, the true-life crime melodrama Maria Marten (1928). In the film, the title character (Trilby Clark) is the daughter of poor farm workers and infatuated with William Corder (Wallace Ward), the local squire.
© 2024 Google LLC. The Virgin of Stamboul is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Tod Browning and starring husband and wife team Priscilla Dean and Wheeler Oakman and...
Brief Synopsis. Achmet Bey, a Turkish chieftain, catches one of his many wives in adultery and murders her lover. Throwing aside the cuckolding wife, he abducts his harem an innocent girl. However, a brave American who loves her comes to her rescue.
The Virgin of Stamboul (1920) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
When emir Wallace Beery spies one of his wives having an affair with an American, he kills him and casts her aside. To replace her, he chooses Priscilla Dean, a street dancer whose fiery temperament an desire to worship in Hagia Sophia -- which is forbidden to women -- excites his unspeakable lust.
