Omar the Tentmaker

Name: Omar the Tentmaker
Director: James Young
Genre: Romance, Drama
Released: 1922-12-22
Duration: 80 min
Cast: Guy Bates Post, Virginia Brown Faire, Nigel De Brulier, Noah Beery, Rose Dione

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1922 · 80 min · Romance · Drama · TMDB 10.0/10

Overview

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.

Directed by James Young

Cast

Guy Bates Post — Omar the tentmaker
Virginia Brown Faire — Shireen
Nigel De Brulier — Nizam ul Mulk
Noah Beery — The shah of shahs
Rose Dione — Shah's mother