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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1700

The Sultan's Wife

191718 minUnited States

Synopsis

Gloria follows her sailor boyfriend to India, where a sultan abducts her for his harem. Bobby must find a way to rescue her from the ruler's household.

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Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs: 24:28
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

Languages and subtitles

No subtitle track in this language

Wikimedia Commons · Clarence G. Badger · Public domain

Cast

Bobby Vernon

Gloria Swanson

DirectorsClarence G. Badger

Historical context

The comedy uses an imagined exotic setting and harem stereotypes common in American entertainment of the period. Gloria Swanson stars opposite Bobby Vernon.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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Availability checked on September 22, 2026.

Photograph credit

Photographs cropped, resized and optimized as WebP, displayed in monochrome.

Bobby Vernon — Photographer not credited; https://archive.org/stream/whoswhoonscreen00foxc#page/312/mode/2up · Public domain
Gloria Swanson — Karl Struss · Public domain

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