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The Pasha’s Daughter
(1911) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: William Garwood [Jack Stevens, the traveling American], William Russell [?] [the pasha]?, [?] ? [the pasha’s daughter], [?] ? [Jack’s mother]
Thanhouser Company production; distributed by Motion Picture Distributing & Sales Company. / Released 3 January 1911. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Synopsis: An American traveling abroad meets a Turkish man on a train and they strike up an acquaintance. The Turk invites the man to his home for a stay, but when he is arrested as a conspirator, the American is arrested as an accomplice. The man stages an escape from prison and hides in a pasha’s compound, where he is protected from capture by the beautiful daughter. A year later, in America, the man is surprised by a visit from the pasha’s daughter.
Survival status: Print exists in the Museum of Modern Art film archive.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Americans (Abroad) - Arrests - Calling cards - Escapes - Knives - Prisons - Turks
Listing updated: 1 April 2010.
References: Film viewing : Website-IMDb; Website-Thanhouser.
Home video: DVD.
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