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The Shriek of Araby
(1923) United States of America
B&W : Five reels / 4250 feet
Directed by F. Richard Jones

Cast: Ben Turpin [a bill poster], Kathryn McGuire [the girl], George Cooper [Presto, the magician], Charles Stevenson [Luke Hassen], Ray Grey [the Arab prince], Louis Fronde [the chief of police], Dick Sutherland [the bandit]

Mack Sennett Productions production; distributed by Allied Production and Distributing Corporation (United Artists Corporation). / Produced by Mack Sennett. Scenario by Mack Sennett. Cinematography by Homer Scott and Robert Walters. Film editor, Allen McNeil. Presented by Mack Sennett. / © 1 April 1923 by Mack Sennett Productions [LP18969]. Released [?] 4 or 5? March 1923. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Lahue-World p. ? mistakenly lists the release month as June 1923.

Comedy.

Survival status: Print exists [35mm positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 12 April 2015.

References: Lahue-World pp. 117, 179; Louvish-Keystone p. 325; Sherwood-Best p. 186; Sinyard-Silent p. 44 : Website-AFI.

Home video: VHS.