A Harem Knight
Also known as Ben in Society in the USA
(1926) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by Edward F. Cline and Gilbert Pratt
Cast: Ben Turpin [Rodney St. Clair], Madeline Hurlock [Princess Manda], Danny O’Shea [Lieutenant DuBarry], Marvin Loback [the Rajah of Barbaria], Louise Carver [Petunia, the Rajah’s sister], Dave Morris [the prefect of police], Barney Hellum [the Rajah’s valet], Billy Gilbert [the Rajah’s henchman], Art Rowlands [the jealous husband], William Searby [the French flirt on the street], Andy Clyde [a gendarme], Bobby Dunn [a gendarme], Roger Moore [a gendarme], Thelma Hill [a harem girl], Marion McDonald [a harem girl], Leo Sulky [the man with the whisk broom]
Mack Sennett Comedies production; distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated [Pathécomedy]. / Produced by Mack Sennett. Scenario by [?] Clarence Hennecke, Earle Rodney and Edward F. Cline?, from a screen story by Grover Jones, Robert Eddy and Garrett Graham. Production management by J.A. Waldron (John A. Waldron). Cinematography by Harry Fowler (Harry M. Fowler). Special cinematography by K.C. MacLean. Film editor, William Hornbeck. Intertitles written by Tom Miranda. / Released 7 November 1926. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was rereleased in the USA to the 8mm home collector market as Ben in Society.
Comedy.
Survival status: Prints exist in private film collections [8mm reduction positives (Blackhawk Films collection)].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 29 October 2017.
References: Lahue-World p. 179; Louvish-Keystone p. 303 : Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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