Omar the Tentmaker (1922)
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
Omar the tentmaker
Shireen
Omar's father (as Edward M. Kimball)
The executioner
Zarah
Mahruss
Emissary to the Shah
Emissary to the Shah (as George Rigas)
Arab Guard in Shireen's Garden (uncredited)
Nizam ul Mulk
The shah of shahs
Shah's mother
Little Shireen
Hassan
Little Mahruss
Imam Mowaffak
The Christian Crusader (as Maurice B. Flynn)
