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Bound in Morocco

1918 film by Allan Dwan

Bound in Morocco is a 1918 American silent action romantic comedy film starring Douglas Fairbanks. Fairbanks produced and wrote the film's story and screenplay (under the pseudonym Elton Thomas), and Allan Dwan directed.[1] The film was produced by Douglas Fairbanks Pictures Corporation and distributed by Famous Players–Lasky / Artcraft Pictures.[2]

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Plot

As described in a film magazine,[3] George Travelwell (Fairbanks), an American youth motoring in Morocco, discovers that the governor of El Harib (Campeau) has seized a young American woman for his harem. Disguised as an inmate of the harem, George nearly wrecks the place while he rescues her. One thrilling incident follows upon the heels of another in their attempts to get away, and it ends with him setting one tribe against another, leaving them free to peacefully ride away.

Cast

Preservation

With no prints of Bound in Morocco located in any film archives, it is considered to be a lost film.[4][5]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Focus on Film, Issues 1-12. Tantivy Press. 1970. p. 28.
  2. [2]
    "Bound in Morocco (1918)". silentera.com. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
  3. [3]
    "Reviews: Bound in Morocco". Exhibitors Herald. 7 (8). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 25. August 24, 1918.
  4. [4]
    Vance, Jeffrey (2008). Douglas Fairbanks. University of California Press. p. 57. ISBN 978-0520256675. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
  5. [5]
    Bound in Morocco at TheGreatStars.com; Lost Films Wanted (Wayback Machine)
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