Barbary Sheep (film)

Barbary Sheep
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Directed by	Maurice Tourneur
Produced by	Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky
Written by	Charles Maigne (scenario)
Based on	Barbary Sheep by Robert Smythe Hichens
Starring	Elsie Ferguson
Cinematography	John van den Broek
Distributed by	Artcraft Pictures
Release dates	September 10, 1917 (1917-09-10)
Running time	5 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Barbary Sheep is a 1917 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed through Artcraft Pictures, an affiliate of Paramount Pictures. The film was directed by Maurice Tourneur and stars Elsie Ferguson in her motion picture debut. This picture is said to have George M. Cohan in his film debut as well. It was thought to be a lost film until an 8-minute clip was found in the Gosfilmfond archive.^[1]^[2]

Plot

As described in a film magazine,^[3] following the close of the London social season, Katharine (Ferguson) suggests to her husband that they take a trip to Africa, and when Sir Claude (Hare) learns that there is excellent hunting, the pair book passage. Out in the desert Katharine meets Benchaalal (de Cordoba), who is proud of his conquests of the feminine tourists. In the moonlight of the beautiful desert Benchaalal declares his love for Katharine. Sir Claude, through accident, learns of Benchaalal and returns home unexpectedly from a hunting expedition. Not finding Katharine in the apartment, he becomes suspicious and going out on the mountain sees Benchaalal and Katharine in the desert below. Benchaalal endeavors to take Katharine into his arms, but Katharine frees herself from the undesired embrace. Sir Charles is about to fire upon Benchaalal when the man is killed by a crazed merchant. Reconciliation and a happy reunion take place between Sir Claude and Katharine.

Cast

a scene in the film.

a scene in the film.

Elsie Ferguson - Lady Katharine 'Kitty' Wyverne
Lumsden Hare - Sir Claude Wyverne
Pedro de Cordoba - Benchaalal
Macey Harlam - Archmed
Alex Shannon - the old Marabout
Maude George - The innkeeper (credited as Maude Ford)

Reception

Like many American films of the time, Barbary Sheep was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. The Chicago Board of Censors ordered cut from Reel 3 the scene of a vision of the woman's murder, from Reel 5 intertitles such as "The Arab is faithless - and to satisfy his lust," and from Reel 6 the intertitle "The son of the desert, fired by his passion, scornful of a husband who has kept no watch over his own" and the vision of the woman's murder.^[4]

References

↑ Progressive Silent Film List: Barbary Sheep at silentera.com
↑ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20 by The American Film Institute, c.1988
↑ "Reviews: Barbary Sheep". Exhibitors Herald (New York: Exhibitors Herald Company) 5 (13): 28. September 22, 1917.
↑ "Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors". Exhibitors Herald 5 (13): 33. September 22, 1917.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Barbary Sheep (film).

Barbary Sheep at the Internet Movie Database
Barbary Sheep synopsis at AllMovie
Film still at Wisconsin Historical Society
Hichens, Robert Smythe (1907), Barbary Sheep, a novel, New York: Harper & Brothers, on the Internet Archive

Films directed by Maurice Tourneur

1910s	Jean la Poudre (1913) The System of Doctor Goudron (1913) The Gaieties of the Squadron (1913) Tricks of Love (1913) The Last Pardon (1913) The Cameo (1913) Mother (1914) The Man of the Hour (1914) The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England (1914) The Red Promenade (1914) The Pit (1914) The Sparrow (1914) Monsieur Lecoq (1914) The Secret of the Well (1914) Alias Jimmy Valentine (1915) Trilby (1915) The Cub (1915) The Ivory Snuff Box (1915) The Butterfly on the Wheel (1915) The Pawn of Fate (1915) The Hand of Peril (1916) The Closed Road (1916) The Velvet Paw (1916) The Rail Rider (1916) A Girl's Folly (1916) The Whip (1917) The Undying Flame (1917) Exile (1917) The Law of the Land (1917) The Pride of the Clan (1917) The Poor Little Rich Girl (1917) Barbary Sheep (1917) The Rise of Jennie Cushing (1917) Rose of the World (1917) The Blue Bird (1918) Prunella (1918) A Doll's House (1918) The Sporting Life (1918) Woman (1918) My Lady's Garter (1919) The White Heather (1919) The Life Line (1919) Victory (1919) The Broken Butterfly (1919)

1920s	The County Fair (1920) The Great Redeemer (1920) While Paris Sleeps (1920) Treasure Island (1920) The White Circle (1920) Deep Waters (1920) The Last of the Mohicans (1920) The Bait (1921) The Foolish Matrons (1921) Lorna Doone (1922) The Brass Bottle (1923) The Christian (1923) The Isle of Lost Ships (1923) Jealous Husbands (1923) Torment (1924) The White Moth (1924) The Sporting Life (1925) Never the Twain Shall Meet (1925) Clothes Make the Pirate (1925) Aloma of the South Seas (1926) Old Loves and New (1926) The Crew (1928) The Ship of Lost Souls (1929)

1930s	Accused, Stand Up! (1930) Fun in the Barracks (1932) L'Homme mystérieux (1933) The Two Orphans (1933) Justin de Marseille (1934) Le Voleur (1934) Koenigsmark (1935) Samson (1936) With a Smile (1936) The Patriot (1938) Katia (1938)

1940s	Volpone (1941) La Min du diable (1943) Cécile est morte (1944) After Love (1948) Dilemma of Two Angels (1948)

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