Omar the Tentmaker
RomanceDrama
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.
DirectorJames Young
Cast
Rose Dione
Shah's mother
George Regas
Emissary to the Shah (as George Rigas)
Patsy Ruth Miller
Little Shireen
Boris Karloff
Imam Mowaffak
Evelyn Selbie
Zarah
Nigel De Brulier
Nizam ul Mulk
Douglas Gerrard
Hassan
Maurice 'Lefty' Flynn
The Christian Crusader (as Maurice B. Flynn)
Virginia Brown Faire
Shireen
Noah Beery
The shah of shahs
Edward Kimball
Omar's father (as Edward M. Kimball)
Walter Long
The executioner
Guy Bates Post
Omar the tentmaker