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1917 film

The Sultan's Wife
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Directed by	Clarence G. Badger
Produced by	Mack Sennett (Keystone Studios)
Starring	Bobby Vernon Gloria Swanson
Production company	Keystone Film Company
Distributed by	Triangle Film Corporation
Release date	September 30, 1917 (1917-09-30)
Running time	18 minutes; 2 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Sultan's Wife

The Sultan's Wife is a 1917 American silent comedy film directed by Clarence G. Badger and starring Bobby Vernon and Gloria Swanson. The film is also known under the title Caught in a Harem.

Plot

Gloria follows sailor boyfriend Bobby to India. After she is kidnapped by the sultan, who wants her for his harem, Bobby must come to the rescue.

Cast

Gloria Swanson as Gloria
Bobby Vernon as Bobby
Joseph Callahan
Teddy the Dog
Gonda Durand
Phyllis Haver
Roxana McGowan
Vera Steadman
Edith Valk
Blanche Payson as Harem Matron (uncredited)

Reception

Like many American films of the time, The Sultan's Wife was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. The Chicago Board of Censors required a cut of the scenes with a man on a bench wiggling his posterior after seeing dancers in the background, of the Sultan falling backwards after the dance and spreading his arms and legs, and of the man and woman knocking into each other.

References

"Progressive Silent Film List: The Sultan's Wife". silentera.com. Retrieved July 5, 2009.
IMDb
"Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors". Exhibitors Herald. Vol. 5, no. 17. New York City, NY: Exhibitors Herald Company. October 20, 1917. p. 33.

External links

The Sultan's Wife at IMDb
The short film The Sultan's Wife is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive.

v t e Films directed by Clarence Badger
A Social Cub (1916) The Danger Girl (1916) Haystacks and Steeples (1916) The Nick of Time Baby (1916) Teddy at the Throttle (1917) Whose Baby? (1917) The Sultan's Wife (1917) The Pullman Bride (1917) The Venus Model (1918) The Kingdom of Youth (1918) Sis Hopkins (1919) Through the Wrong Door (1919) Almost a Husband (1919) Jubilo (1919) Water, Water, Everywhere (1920) The Strange Boarder (1920) The Man Who Lost Himself (1920) Jes' Call Me Jim (1920) Cupid the Cowpuncher (1920) Honest Hutch (1920) Guile of Women (1921) Boys Will Be Boys (1921) An Unwilling Hero (1921) Doubling for Romeo (1921) A Poor Relation (1921) The Dangerous Little Demon (1922) Quincy Adams Sawyer (1922) Potash and Perlmutter (1923) Red Lights (1923) Your Friend and Mine (1923) Painted People (1924) The Shooting of Dan McGrew (1924) One Night in Rome (1924) New Lives for Old (1925) Eve's Secret (1925) Paths to Paradise (1925) The Golden Princess (1925) Hands Up! (1926) Miss Brewster's Millions (1926) The Rainmaker (1926) The Campus Flirt (1926) It (1927) A Kiss in a Taxi (1927) Senorita (1927) Man Power (1927) Swim Girl, Swim (1927) She's a Sheik (1927) Red Hair (1928) The Fifty-Fifty Girl (1928) Hot News (1928) Three Week-Ends (1928) Paris (1929) No, No, Nanette (1930) Murder Will Out (1930) Sweethearts and Wives (1930) The Bad Man (1930) The Hot Heiress (1931) Woman Hungry (1931) Party Husband (1931) When Strangers Marry (1933) Rangle River (1936) That Certain Something (1941)

Films directed by Clarence Badger

A Social Cub (1916)
The Danger Girl (1916)
Haystacks and Steeples (1916)
The Nick of Time Baby (1916)
Teddy at the Throttle (1917)
Whose Baby? (1917)
The Sultan's Wife (1917)
The Pullman Bride (1917)
The Venus Model (1918)
The Kingdom of Youth (1918)
Sis Hopkins (1919)
Through the Wrong Door (1919)
Almost a Husband (1919)
Jubilo (1919)
Water, Water, Everywhere (1920)
The Strange Boarder (1920)
The Man Who Lost Himself (1920)
Jes' Call Me Jim (1920)
Cupid the Cowpuncher (1920)
Honest Hutch (1920)
Guile of Women (1921)
Boys Will Be Boys (1921)
An Unwilling Hero (1921)
Doubling for Romeo (1921)
A Poor Relation (1921)
The Dangerous Little Demon (1922)
Quincy Adams Sawyer (1922)
Potash and Perlmutter (1923)
Red Lights (1923)
Your Friend and Mine (1923)
Painted People (1924)
The Shooting of Dan McGrew (1924)
One Night in Rome (1924)
New Lives for Old (1925)
Eve's Secret (1925)
Paths to Paradise (1925)
The Golden Princess (1925)
Hands Up! (1926)
Miss Brewster's Millions (1926)
The Rainmaker (1926)
The Campus Flirt (1926)
It (1927)
A Kiss in a Taxi (1927)
Senorita (1927)
Man Power (1927)
Swim Girl, Swim (1927)
She's a Sheik (1927)
Red Hair (1928)
The Fifty-Fifty Girl (1928)
Hot News (1928)
Three Week-Ends (1928)
Paris (1929)
No, No, Nanette (1930)
Murder Will Out (1930)
Sweethearts and Wives (1930)
The Bad Man (1930)
The Hot Heiress (1931)
Woman Hungry (1931)
Party Husband (1931)
When Strangers Marry (1933)
Rangle River (1936)
That Certain Something (1941)

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