Kismet (1920 film)

Kismet
sheet music cover with film scenes
Directed by	Louis J. Gasnier
Written by	Charles E. Whittaker (scenario)
Based on	Kismet by Edward Knoblock
Starring	Otis Skinner
Cinematography	Tony Gaudio Glen MacWilliams Joseph du Bray
Production company	Waldorf Film Corporation
Distributed by	Robertson-Cole
Release dates	November 14, 1920 (1920-11-14)
Running time	5 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Kismet (1920) is a silent film version of the 1911 play Kismet by Edward Knoblock, starring Otis Skinner and Elinor Fair, and directed by Louis J. Gasnier.

Skinner's daughter, author Cornelia Otis Skinner, plays a small role. This version was released by Robertson-Cole Distributing Company, and was released on VHS by Grapevine Video.^[1] In New England the distribution of the film was handled by Joseph P. Kennedy who organized a successful premiere in Boston.^[2]

Skinner filmed the play again in a 1930 talkie. This film is lost but its Vitaphone soundtrack survives.

Cast

Otis Skinner - Hajj the Beggar
Rosemary Theby - Kut-al-Kulub
Elinor Fair - Marsinah
Marguerite Comont - Nargis
Nicholas Dunaew - Nasir
Herschell Mayall - Jawan
Fred Lancaster - Zayd
Leon Bary - Caliph Abdullah
Sidney Smith - Jester
Hamilton Revelle - Wazir Mansur
Tom Kennedy - Kutayt
Sam Kaufman - Amru
Emmett King - Wazir Abu Bakr
Fanny Ferrari - Gulnar
Emily Seville - Kabirah

References

↑ Progressive Silent Film List: Kismet at silentera.com
↑ Beauchamp pp. 37-38

Bibliography

Beauchamp, Cari. Joseph P. Kennedy's Hollywood Years. Faber and Faber, 2009

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kismet (1920 film).

Kismet at the Internet Movie Database
Kismet; allmovie.com

Films directed by Louis J. Gasnier

The Perils of Pauline (1914)
The Exploits of Elaine (1914)
The New Exploits of Elaine (1915)
The Shielding Shadow (1916)
The Seven Pearls (1917)
Hands Up! (1918)
The Tiger's Trail (1919)
Kismet (1920)
Maytime (1923)
Poisoned Paradise: The Forbidden Story of Monte Carlo (1924)
Wine (1924)
White Man (1924)
The Parasite (1925)
Parisian Love (1925)
Pleasures of the Rich (1926)
Streets of Shanghai (1927)
Should Tall Men Marry? (1928)
Darkened Rooms (1929)
Slightly Scarlet (1930)
Mysterious Mr. Parkes (1930)
The Virtuous Sin (1930)
The Lawyer's Secret (1931)
Silence (1931)
The Strange Case of Clara Deane (1932)
Forgotten Commandments (1932)
Gambling Ship (1933)
The Last Outpost (1935)
Reefer Madness (1936)
Bank Alarm (1937)
Sunset Murder Case (1938)

Edward Knoblock's Kismet (1911)

Films	Kismet (1920 silent) Kismet (1930) Kismet (1944) Kismet (1955)

Other	Kismet (1953 musical) Timbuktu! (1978 musical)

Songs	"Fate" "Baubles, Bangles, & Beads" "Stranger in Paradise" "And This Is My Beloved"

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