The Desert Bride (1928 film) explained

The Desert Bride
Director:	Walter Lang
Producer:	Harry Cohn
Starring:	Betty Compson Allan Forrest
Cinematography:	Ray June
Editing:	Arthur Roberts
Studio:	Columbia Pictures
Distributor:	Columbia Pictures
Runtime:	56 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent English intertitles

The Desert Bride is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by Walter Lang and starring Betty Compson and Allan Forrest.^[1] Until 2017, the film was considered to be lost.^[2]

The film will be released as part of Columbia Classics Volume 5 on Ultra HD Blu-ray/Blu-ray Disc on October 1, 2024, by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment as a bonus film.^[3]

Plot

In North Africa a French intelligence officer and his fiancée are taken prisoner by Arab Nationalists, whose leader tortures them before they are rescued by French troops.

Cast

• Betty Compson as Diane Duval
• Allan Forrest as Capt. Maurice de Florimont
• Edward Martindel as Col. Sorelle
• Otto Matieson as Kassim Ben Ali
• Roscoe Karns as Pvt. Terry
• Frank Austin as Beggar

Bibliography

• Parish, James & Robert & Pitts, Michael R. The Great Spy Pictures. Scarecrow Press, 1974.

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Desert Bride . https://web.archive.org/web/20141222051927/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/89156/Desert-Bride/overview . dead . December 22, 2014 . Movies & TV Dept. . . . Hal Erickson . Hal Erickson (author) . 2014 . December 21, 2014 .
2. Web site: The Desert Bride . May 2017. July 18, 2024 . American Silent Feature Film Survival Database. Library of Congress. https://web.archive.org/web/20230123205908/http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.4715/default.html. January 23, 2023.
3. News: Gilchrist . Todd . ‘Little Women,’ ‘Tootsie,’ ‘On the Waterfront’ and More Due on 4K UHD in ‘Columbia Classics Volume 5’ Box Set (EXCLUSIVE) . 18 July 2024 . . 16 July 2024.