The Devil Dancer Explained

The Devil Dancer
Director:	Fred Niblo
Producer:	Samuel Goldwyn
Story:	Harry Hervey
Cinematography:	George Barnes Thomas Brannigan
Studio:	Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Distributor:	United Artists
Runtime:	73 min.
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent (English intertitles)

The Devil Dancer is a 1927 American silent romantic drama film directed by Fred Niblo and produced by Samuel Goldwyn. The film stars Gilda Gray.

For his work on this film, The Magic Flame and Sadie Thompson, cinematographer George Barnes was nominated for the first Academy Award for Best Cinematography at the 1st Academy Awards ceremony in 1929.^[1]

Cast

• Gilda Gray as Takla (The Devil Dancer)
• Clive Brook as Stephen Athelstan
• Anna May Wong as Sada
• Serge Temoff as Beppo
• Michael Vavitch as Hassim
• Sōjin Kamiyama as Sadik Lama
• Anne Schaefer as Tana
• Albert Conti as Arnold Guthrie
• Martha Mattox as Isabel
• Kalla Pasha as Toy
• James B. Leong as The Grand Lama
• William H. Tooker as Lathrop
• Claire Du Brey as Audrey
• Nora Cecil as Julia
• Barbara Tennant as The White Woman
• Herbert Evans (uncredited minor part)
• Jack Harvey (uncredited minor part)
• Ura Mita (uncredited minor part)
• Clarissa Selwynne (uncredited minor part)

Preservation

The Devil Dancer is now considered a lost film.^[2]

External links

• • • Lobby card
• Still at fineartamerica.com
• United Artists Press Book on the Internet Archive

Notes and References

1. Web site: The 1st Academy Awards (1929) Nominees and Winners . . November 9, 2013.
2. http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/D/DevilDancer1927.html Progressive Silent Film List: The Devil Dancer