Love in the Desert

Love in the Desert
Directed by	George Melford
Written by	Randolph Bartlett Paul Percy Louis Sarecky Harvey F. Thew
Starring	Olive Borden Hugh Trevor Noah Beery
Cinematography	Paul P. Perry
Edited by	Mildred Richter
Production company	Film Booking Offices of America
Distributed by	Film Booking Offices of America
Release date	March 17, 1929 (1929-03-17)
Running time	7 Reels
Country	United States
Languages	Sound (Part-Talkie) English Intertitles

Love in the Desert is a 1929 American sound part-talkie drama film directed by George Melford and starring Olive Borden, Hugh Trevor, and Noah Beery. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles. The soundtrack was recorded using the RCA Photophone sound-on-film system.

Cast

• Olive Borden as Zarah
• Hugh Trevor as Bob Winslow
• Noah Beery as Abdullah
• Frank Leigh as Harim
• Pearl Varvalle as Fatima
• William H. Tooker as Mr. Winslow
• Ida Darling as Mrs. Winslow
• Alan Roscoe as Houdish
• Hilliard Karr as Briggs
• Gordon Magee as Sears

Preservation status

Prints of Love in the Desert survive in Cineteca Del Friuli (Gemona) and Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (Fort de Bois-d'Arcy).

See also

• List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)

Bibliography

• Hsu-Ming Teo. Desert Passions: Orientalism and Romance Novels. University of Texas Press, 2012.

External links

• Love in the Desert at IMDb
• Synopsis at AllMovie