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Somewhere In Turkey (1918) Directed By Alfred J. Goulding
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Somewhere in Turkey Directed by Alfred J. Goulding Produced by Hal Roach Starring Harold Lloyd Production company Rolin Films Distributed by Pathé Exchange Release date June 16, 1918 Running time 12 minutes Country United States Language Silent (English intertitles ) Somewhere in Turkey is a 1918 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd . Plot A girl (Bebe Daniels) survives a shipwreck. Upon reaching shore, she is apprehended by several soldiers of a sultan who forcibly bring her to him. The girl immediately rejects the sultan's advances and is promptly thrown into a basement jail cell. A professor (Harold Lloyd) and his assistant (Snub Pollard) are travelling by camel through the desert. The out-of-control beast brings them to the sultan's residence. They find a rock bearing an Arabic inscription. Curious, they venture inside to find out what the words mean. They inadvertently interrupt the sultan watching a dancing girl. The angry sultan tells the visitors that the rock bears a warning that if any white man enters the building, he will not leave it alive. The two men try to flee, but Harold is eventually caught. He is erroneously put in the same jail cell as the girl. Wh…
Directors & creators
Alfred J. Goulding
Subjects
Harold Lloyd, Harry ‘Snub’ Pollard