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A Cafe in Cairo
A Cafe in Cairo
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Directed by	Chester Withey
Written by	Izola Forrester ; Harvey Gates
Produced by	Hunt Stromberg ; Charles R. Rogers
Starring	Priscilla Dean ; Robert Ellis ; Carl Stockdale
Cinematography	Sol Polito
Edited by	Harry L. Decker
Production; company	Hunt Stromberg Productions
Distributed by	Producers Distributing Corporation
Release date	December 7, 1924;
Running time	60 minutes; 6 reels (5,656 feet)
Country	United States
Languages	Silent ; (English intertitles)

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A Cafe in Cairo is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Chester Withey and starring Priscilla Dean, Robert Ellis and Carl Stockdale. Hunt Stromberg produced it for release by the recently established Producers Distributing Corporation.^[1]^[2] It was part of a wave of films with Middle Eastern settings which followed on from the success of Paramount's The Sheik in 1921.

Synopsis

When her British parents are killed when an Arabian desert bandit launches an attack on their encampment, their young daughter is spared and brought up as an Arab known as Nadia. The bandit who killed Nadia's parents wishes to marry her. She is ordered to steal some documents from a British secret service agent but falls in love with him, and refuses to help the bandit. He threatens to throw both her and her lover into the Nile, before he is killed. Nadia and her lover return to England.

Cast

Priscilla Dean as Naida
Robert Ellis as Barry Braxton
Carl Stockdale as Jaradi
Evelyn Selbie as Batooka
Harry Woods as Kali
John Steppling as Tom Hays
Marie Crisp as Rosamond
Carmen Phillips as Gaza
Larry Steers as Colonel Alastair-Ker
Ruth King as Evelyn
Vincente Orona as Sadek

Preservation

With no prints of A Cafe in Cairo located in any film archives,^[3] it is a lost film.

References

External links

A Cafe in Cairo at IMDb
Lobby card at Getty Images

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[1] The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: A Cafe in Cairo

[SilentEra-2] Progressive Silent Film List: A Cafe in Cairo at silentera.com

[3] The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: A Cafe in Cairo

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-{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}}
 {{short description|1924 film by Chester Withey}}
+{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}}
 {{infobox film
 | name           = A Cafe in Cairo
-| image          = A Cafe in Cairo (1924) - 1.jpg
+| image          = A Cafe in Cairo (1924) - 3.jpg
 | caption        = Advertisement
-| director       = [[Chester Withey|Chester "Chet" Withey]]
+| director       = [[Chester Withey]]
-| producer       = [[Hunt Stromberg]]
+| producer       = [[Hunt Stromberg]] <br> [[Charles R. Rogers]]
-| writer         = Harvey Gates (scenario)
+| writer         = [[Izola Forrester]] <br> [[Harvey Gates]]
-| starring       = [[Priscilla Dean]]
+| starring       = [[Priscilla Dean]] <br> [[Robert Ellis (actor, born 1892)|Robert Ellis]] <br> [[Carl Stockdale]]
 | music          =
 | cinematography = [[Sol Polito]]
-| editing        =
+| editing        =[[Harry L. Decker]]
+| studio = Hunt Stromberg Productions
 | distributor    = [[Producers Distributing Corporation]]
 | released       = {{Film date|1924|12|7}}
 | runtime        = 60 minutes; 6 [[reel#Motion picture terminology|reels]] (5,656 feet)
 | country        = United States
-| language       = [[Silent film|Silent]] (English [[intertitle]]s)
+| language       = [[Silent film|Silent]] <br> (English [[intertitle]]s)
 }}
+[[File:A Cafe in Cairo ad in Exhibitor's Trade Review (Nov 1924-Feb 1925) (IA exh00newy) (page 246 crop).jpg|thumb|363x363px|A Cafe in Cairo ad in Exhibitor's Trade Review (Nov 1924-Feb 1925)]]
-'''''A Cafe in Cairo''''' is a 1924 American silent [[drama film]] directed by [[Chester Withey]] and starring [[Priscilla Dean]]. [[Hunt Stromberg]] produced.<ref>[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=3158 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: ''A Cafe in Cairo'']</ref><ref name="SilentEra">[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/C/CafeInCairo1924.html Progressive Silent Film List: ''A Cafe in Cairo''] at silentera.com</ref>
+'''''A Cafe in Cairo''''' is a 1924 American [[silent film|silent]] [[drama film]] directed by [[Chester Withey]] and starring [[Priscilla Dean]], [[Robert Ellis (actor, born 1892)|Robert Ellis]] and [[Carl Stockdale]]. [[Hunt Stromberg]] produced it for release by the recently established [[Producers Distributing Corporation]].<ref>[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=3158 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: ''A Cafe in Cairo'']</ref><ref name="SilentEra">[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/C/CafeInCairo1924.html Progressive Silent Film List: ''A Cafe in Cairo''] at silentera.com</ref> It was part of a wave of films with [[Middle Eastern]] settings which followed on from the success of [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]'s ''[[The Sheik (film)|The Sheik]]'' in 1921.
+==Synopsis==
+When her British parents are killed when an [[Arabian]] desert bandit launches an attack on their encampment, their young daughter is spared and brought up as an Arab known as Nadia. The bandit who killed Nadia's parents wishes to marry her. She is ordered to steal some documents from a British secret service agent but falls in love with him, and refuses to help the bandit. He threatens to throw both her and her lover into the [[Nile]], before he is killed. Nadia and her lover return to England.
 ==Cast==
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 *[[Carl Stockdale]] as Jaradi
 *[[Evelyn Selbie]] as Batooka
-*Harry Woods as Kali
+*[[Harry Woods (actor)|Harry Woods]] as Kali
-*[[John Steppling]] as Tom Hays
+*[[John Steppling (actor)|John Steppling]] as Tom Hays
 *Marie Crisp as Rosamond
 *[[Carmen Phillips]] as Gaza
 *[[Larry Steers]] as Colonel Alastair-Ker
-*Ruth King as Evelyn
+*[[Ruth King (actress)|Ruth King]] as Evelyn
 *Vincente Orona as Sadek
 }}
 ==Preservation==
-Witn no prints of ''A Cafe in Cairo'' located in any film archives,<ref>[http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.4115/default.html The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''A Cafe in Cairo'']</ref> it is a [[lost film]].
+With no prints of ''A Cafe in Cairo'' located in any film archives,<ref>[http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.4115/default.html The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''A Cafe in Cairo'']</ref> it is a [[lost film]].
 ==References==
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 {{commons category|A Cafe in Cairo}}
 *{{IMDb title|0014754}}
-*{{Allmovie|86386|Synopsis}}
 *[https://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/news-photo/cafe-in-cairo-lobbycard-from-left-harry-woods-priscilla-news-photo/1137255177 Lobby card] at Getty Images
+{{Chester Withey}}
 {{DEFAULTSORT:Cafe in Cairo, A}}
 [[Category:1924 films]]
-[[Category:American films]]
 [[Category:American silent feature films]]
 [[Category:Films directed by Chester Withey]]
 [[Category:1924 drama films]]
-[[Category:American drama films]]
+[[Category:Silent American drama films]]
 [[Category:American black-and-white films]]
 [[Category:Producers Distributing Corporation films]]
+[[Category:Films set in Cairo]]
+[[Category:1920s American films]]
+[[Category:1924 lost films]]