MOVIE
Omar the Tentmaker
About Omar Khayyam of Persia, the poet and mathematician, who wrote the Iranian first solar calendar circa A.D. 1073. His fiancé was forced to marry the shah, but she eventually escaped and, with help of grand Vazir, joined Omar Khayyam. Hollywood made a film based on the same story with Connell Wilde, the life and adventures of Omar Khayyam.
Creators
James Young — Director
Top cast
Guy Bates PostOmar the tentmaker
Virginia Brown FaireShireen
Nigel De BrulierNizam ul Mulk
Noah BeeryThe shah of shahs
Rose DioneShah's mother
Patsy Ruth MillerLittle Shireen
Douglas GerrardHassanWWill Jim HattonLittle Mahruss
Boris KarloffImam Mowaffak
Maurice 'Lefty' FlynnThe Christian Crusader (as Maurice B. Flynn)KEEP DISCOVERING
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