Omar the Tentmaker (1922)

MovieRomance, Drama1h 20m
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Plot

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.

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Guy Bates PostGuy Bates PostOmar the tentmakerVirginia Brown FaireVirginia Brown FaireShireenNigel De BrulierNigel De BrulierNizam ul MulkNoah BeeryNoah BeeryThe shah of shahsRose DioneRose DioneShah's motherPatsy Ruth MillerPatsy Ruth MillerLittle ShireenDouglas GerrardDouglas GerrardHassan
Will Jim Hatton
Will Jim HattonLittle Mahruss

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