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A Lover's Oath

1925 · 60 min

A dreamy silent fantasy romance with poetic intertitles, desert spectacle, and a gentle, old-fashioned charm.

Overview
"The plot introduces Omar as a leader of his people but deals rather with the love of his nephew, Ben Ali, for the fairest daughter of the tribe" (Variety, 7 Oct 1925, p44).

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How it feels

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Tone
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • betrayal
  • survival
  • fate
  • class
Places
  • wilderness
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour2
Realism3
Romance7
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
fantasy, romance
Directed by
Ferdinand P. Earle
Written by
Milton Sills
Starring
Ramon Novarro, Kathleen Key, Edwin Stevens, Frederick Warde, Hedwiga Reicher, Snitz Edwards, Charles A. Post, Arthur Edmund Carewe
Music
Charles Wakefield Cadman
Cinematography
Georges Benoît
Runtime
60 min
Languages
No Language

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