

Omar the Tentmaker
1922
1h 20m
RomanceDrama
Overview
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.
Director
James Young
Top Cast

Guy Bates Post
Omar the tentmaker

Virginia Brown Faire
Shireen

Nigel De Brulier
Nizam ul Mulk

Noah Beery
The shah of shahs

Rose Dione
Shah's mother

Patsy Ruth Miller
Little Shireen

Douglas Gerrard
Hassan
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Will Jim Hatton
Little Mahruss

Boris Karloff
Imam Mowaffak

Maurice 'Lefty' Flynn
The Christian Crusader (as Maurice B. Flynn)


















