
The Garden of Allah(1936)
The star-crossed desert romance of a cloistered woman and a renegade monk.



Ramon Novarro
Jamil El Shehab

Myrna Loy
Diana 'Di' Standing

Reginald Denny
Gerald Hume

Louise Closser Hale
Powers

C. Aubrey Smith
Cecil Harwood

Edward Arnold
Achmed Pasha

Blanche Friderici
Mrs. Hume

Marcelle Corday
Diana's Maid Marthe

Hedda Hopper
Mrs. Loway

Leni Stengel
German Tourist Ilsa
The Barbarian is a adventure, drama, romance film released in 1933 exploring themes of kidnapping, pyramid, engagement, thief, guide, pre-code. Directed by Sam Wood, it stars Ramon Novarro, Myrna Loy, Reginald Denny. An Arab prince masquerades as a tour guide for rich women in order to enrich himself.
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