The Rug Maker's Daughter (1915)
Bob Van Buren's rescue of an upper-class Turkish girl and her duenna in Constantinople when they are waylaid by robbers paves the way for a romance between them. The romance progresses rapidly despite the hullabaloo raised by Demetra's father and by the Turk fiancé he is trying to force upon her; but the very thought of a girl, so highly educated, so gifted with needle and loom, so famously graceful as a dancer ending up in a harem instead of a respectable home, drives Bob Van Buren to desperation.
Director: Oscar Apfel
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Maud Allan as Demetra |
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Forrest Stanley as Robert Van Buren |
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Jane Darwell as Mrs. Van Buren |
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Howard Davies as Osman |
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Herbert Standing as Halib Bey |
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Laura Woods Cushing as Barah |
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Harrington Gibbs as John Marshall |
| Writing | Julia Crawford Ivers | Story |
| Directing | Oscar Apfel | Director |