01 July 1912
An English doctor based in Egypt finds his wife in the arms of a local diplomat, and in a madness-induced frenzy departs for the desert. After being discovered by wandering Bedouins, Dr. Cochran embraces their practices and begins to fall in love with Zeinab, the daughter of a Sheik. Tragedy ensues when his forgotten wife visits the village and beckons him to take her back.
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Gene Gauntier as Miriam — the Doctor's Wife
Robert G. Vignola as The Flirtatious Malmoud Bey
Alice Hollister as Zenab, The Arab Girl
J.P. McGowan as The Arab Sheik
Jack J. Clark as Dr. Franklin Cochran
Sidney Olcott Director
United States 01 July 1912
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1912:
11 February 1912
The inimitable Billy Quirk needs a wife in order to inherit his vociferous western uncle's fortune. Billy borrows his friend's wife.
14 March 1912
Iola, the little Indian girl, is held captive by a gang of cutthroats but is soon rescued by Jack Harper, a prospector.
28 August 1912
A father who is determined his daughter should marry a count leading the boyfriend to dress up as the count to thwart his plans.
14 March 1912
A self-centred wealthy woman is transformed after she is confronted with the harsh reality of the living conditions endured by the employees of her husband's mill.
19 July 1912
Alice Durand, after weeks of discouragement, reads the following advertisement in the New York Herald: "Governess wanted.
02 September 1912
Two girls fall in love with the same man. Out motoring one day they are thrown from the machine and carried to the hospital.
26 February 1912
Set in a tenement, a lonely confirmed bachelor occupies a room across the hall from a dour spinster. Children run amok in the hallways playing pranks on the two.
01 January 1912
An Orthodox rabbi deals with personal tragedies and an increasingly secular world.
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