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A Tragedy of the Desert
(1912) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by Sidney Olcott

Cast: Jack J. Clark [Doctor Franklin Cochran], Gene Gauntier [Miriam, the doctor’s wife], Robert G. Vignola [Malmoud Bey], J.P. McGowan [the Arab sheik], Alice Hollister [the Arab girl], Jane Wolfe

Kalem Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Released 1 July 1912. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama: Western.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Death: Suicide - Love triangles

Listing updated: 23 November 2010.

References: Edmonds-BigU p. 113 : Website-IMDb.