The Virgin of Stamboul

The Virgin of Stamboul

70 mins | Drama | March 27, 1920

Achmet Bey, a Turkish chieftain, catches one of his many wives in adultery and murders her lover. Throwing aside the cuckolding wife, he abducts his harem an innocent girl. However, a brave American who loves her comes to her rescue.

The Virgin of Stamboul

70 mins | Drama | March 27, 1920

The Virgin of Stamboul
Achmet Bey, a Turkish chieftain, catches one of his many wives in adultery and murders her lover. Throwing aside the cuckolding wife, he abducts his harem an innocent girl. However, a brave American who loves her comes to her rescue.
Producers Universal Film Manufacturing Company
Original title The Virgin of Stamboul
Directors Tod Browning
Writers H.H. Van Loan, William Parker, Tod Browning

Cast

Priscilla Dean

as Sari - a beggar girl

Wheeler Oakman

as Capt. Carlisle Pemberton

Wallace Beery

as Sheik Achmet Hamid

Clyde Benson

as His emissary

E. Alyn Warren

as Yusef Bey

Nigel De Brulier

as Capt. Kassan

Edmund Burns

as Hector Baron

Eugenie Forde

as Agia - Sari's Mother

Ethel Ritchie

as Resha - the Sheik's favorite wife

Yvette Mitchell

as Undetermined role

C.E. Collins

as Blind Beggar (uncredited)