Movie Description

A Prisoner of the Harem

A Prisoner of the Harem

(1912)

Overview

Alice Durand, after weeks of discouragement, reads the following advertisement in the New York Herald: "Governess wanted. Young American woman, well educated and speaking French and German, may obtain lucrative position with prominent Egyptian. Fare and expenses will be advanced. Write, enclosing photograph, to Mahmoud Pasha, Sphinx Club, Cairo, Egypt." Answering the advertisement, Alice seven weeks later, secures the position and leaves her New York boarding-house for Egypt.

Cast

Facts

Original TitleA Prisoner of the Harem

Status Released

Release Information

  • 1912-07-19

Original LanguageUnknown

Production CompaniesKalem Company

Genres

  • Drama
  • Romance