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The Desert Bride
(1928) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / [?] 5425 or 5528? feet
Directed by Walter Lang

Cast: Betty Compson [Diane Duval], Allan Forrest [Captain Maurice de Florimont], Edward Martindel [Colonel Sorelle], Otto Matieson [Kassim Ben Ali], Roscoe Karns [Private Terry], Frank Austin [a beggar], Charles Darvas [a Legionaire officer], Harry Semels [Kassim’s henchman]

Columbia Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Columbia Pictures Corporation. / Produced by Harry Cohn. Scenario by Anthony Coldeway, from the screen story “The Adventuress” by Ewart Adamson. Production design by Robert E. Lee. Assistant director, Max Cohn. Cinematography by Ray June. Film editor, Arthur Roberts + [Ben Pivar]. Intertitles written by Mort Blumenstock. Presented by Columbia Pictures Corporation. / © 19 April 1928 by Columbia Pictures Corporation [LP25167]. Released 26 March 1928. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Silent film.

Drama.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 7 August 2025.

References: Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.