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Ancient Temples of Egypt
(1912) United States of America
B&W : Split-reel
Directed by Sidney Olcott
Cast: Gene Gauntier, Jack J. Clark (J.J. Clark), Alice Hollister, J.P. McGowan, Robert Vignola, Doris Hollister, George Hollister Jr., [?] Alan Farnum?, [?] Philly McDonald?, [?] Sidney Olcott?, [?] Ameen Zatoun?, [?] Abdullah Ya Fari?)
Kalem Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Art direction by J.A. Farnham. Cinematography by George K. Hollister. / Released [?] 2 or 12? October 1912; in a split-reel with A Hospital Hoax (1912). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot in Luxor, Egypt, between January and March 1912. Travelogue featuring members of the Kalem stock company on tour. The film was released in the United Kingdom by Moving Pictures Sales Agency on 5 December 1912.
Documentary: Travelogue.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? As the tourists wander about the old temples of Luxor they marvel at the avenue of columns. Mounting donkeys they Journey to Karnak, about two miles distant. The great hall of the Temple at Karnak is very impressive and we behold a gigantic column in the foreground, which measures 23 feet in circumference. Under the temple is the king’s secret passageway and a weird atmosphere pervades the scene. The travelers cross the River Nile and enter the ancient town of Thebes. Through the Valley of Death to the Rest-House they journey and are confronted by grotesque skulls of mummies, thousands of years old. Returning to Luxor the tourists are just in time to witness a quaint Mohammedan procession.
Survival status: Print exists in the George Eastman Museum film archive.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Egypt
Listing updated: 8 April 2020.
References: Leyda-Before pp. 60, 74, 82, 137 : Website-IMDb.
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