Bound in Morocco

Bound in Morocco
Newspaper ad for Bound in Morocco and Mack Sennett's The Summer Girls (1918)
Directed by	Allan Dwan
Produced by	Douglas Fairbanks Adolph Zukor Jesse L. Lasky
Written by	Allan Dwan (scenario)
Screenplay by	Elton Thomas
Story by	Elton Thomas
Starring	Douglas Fairbanks
Cinematography	Hugh McClung
Production company	Fairbanks Pictures Corp.
Distributed by	Famous Players-Lasky/Artcraft Pictures Gaumont (France)
Release dates	June 28, 1918 (1918-06-28) (U.S.) May 21, 1920 (1920-05-21) (France)
Running time	64 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Bound in Morocco is a 1918 American silent action comedy romance 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]

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

Douglas Fairbanks as George Travelwell
Pauline Curley as Ysail
Edythe Chapman as Ysail's mother
Tully Marshall as Ali Pah Shush
Frank Campeau as Basha El Harib, governor of Harib
Jay Dwiggins as Kaid Mahedi el Menebhi, Lord High Ambassador to Morocco
Fred Burns as Bandit Chief
Albert MacQuarrie

Preservation status

Bound in Morocco is now considered to be a lost film.^[4]^[5]

References

↑ Focus on Film , Issues 1-12. Tantivy Press. 1970. p. 28.
↑ "Bound in Morocco (1918)". silentera.com. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
↑ "Reviews: Bound in Morocco". Exhibitors Herald. New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company. 7 (8): 25. August 24, 1918.
↑ Vance, Jeffrey (2008). Douglas Fairbanks. University of California Press. p. 57. ISBN 0520256670. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
↑ Bound in Morocco at TheGreatStars.com; Lost Films Wanted

External links

Films directed by Allan Dwan

The Greater Love (1913)
Her Big Story (1913)
The Restless Spirit (1913)
Back to Life (1913)
Red Margaret, Moonshiner (1913)
Bloodhounds of the North (1913)
The Lie (1914)
The Honor of the Mounted (1914)
Remember Mary Magdalen (1914)
Discord and Harmony (1914)
The Menace to Carlotta (1914)
The Embezzler (1914)
The Lamb, the Woman, the Wolf (1914)
The End of the Feud (1914)
The Tragedy of Whispering Creek (1914)
The Unlawful Trade (1914)
The Forbidden Room (1914)
The Hopes of Blind Alley (1914)
Richelieu (1914)
The Unwelcome Mrs. Hatch (1914)
Wildflower (1914)
The County Chairman (1914)
The Straight Road (1914)
The Conspiracy (1914)
The Dancing Girl (1915)
A Small Town Girl (1915)
David Harum (1915)
The Love Route (1915)
The Commanding Officer (1915)
May Blossom (1915)
The Pretty Sister of Jose (1915)
A Girl of Yesterday (1915)
The Habit of Happiness (1916)
The Good Bad Man (1916)
An Innocent Magdalene (1916)
Fifty-Fifty (1916)
Accusing Evidence (1916)
Fighting Odds (1917)
A Modern Musketeer (1917)
Headin' South (1918)
Mr. Fix-It (1918)
Bound in Morocco (1918)
He Comes Up Smiling (1918)
Cheating Cheaters (1919)
Soldiers of Fortune (1919)
The Scoffer (1920)
A Splendid Hazard (1920)
A Perfect Crime (1921)
The Hidden Woman (1922)
Robin Hood (1922)
Lawful Larceny (1923)
Zaza (1923)
Big Brother (1923)
A Society Scandal (1924)
Manhandled (1924)
Her Love Story (1924)
Wages of Virtue (1924)
Argentine Love (1924)
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Stage Struck (1925)
Sea Horses (1926)
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Tin Gods (1926)
Summer Bachelors (1926)
The Music Master (1927)
The Joy Girl (1927)
East Side, West Side (1927)
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Tide of Empire (1929)
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Frozen Justice (1929)
South Sea Rose (1929)
What a Widow! (1930)
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Chances (1931)
Wicked (1931)
While Paris Sleeps (1932)
Her First Affaire (1932)
Counsel's Opinion (1933)
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Navy Wife (1935)
Song and Dance Man (1936)
Human Cargo (1936)
High Tension (1936)
15 Maiden Lane (1936)
Woman-Wise (1937)
That I May Live (1937)
One Mile from Heaven (1937)
Heidi (1937)
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938)
Suez (1938)
Josette (1938)
The Three Musketeers (1939)
The Gorilla (1939)
Frontier Marshal (1939)
Sailor's Lady (1940)
Young People (1940)
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Rise and Shine (1941)
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Here We Go Again (1942)
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