Her Purchase Price (1919)
Hamid-Ali, an Arab chieftain and bandit, captures an English baby during a raid on a caravan and, naming her Sheka, puts her in a harem to be prepared for the slave auction. At the auction, Sir Derek Anstruther, who has fallen in love with Sheka, disguises himself as an Arab and bids for her.
Director: Howard Hickman
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Bessie Barriscale as Sheka |
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Alan Roscoe as Sir Derek Anstruther |
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Joseph J. Dowling as Hamid-Ali |
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Kathlyn Williams as Diana Vane |
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Stanhope Wheatcroft as George Vincent |
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Irene Rich as Marda |
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Henry Kolker as Duke of Wryden |
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Wedgwood Nowell as |
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Una Trevelyn as |
| Directing | Howard Hickman | Director |
| Writing | Maie B. Havey | Story |
| Writing | Harvey F. Thew | Adaptation |
| Production | Bessie Barriscale | Producer |
| Camera | Gus Peterson | Director of Photography |