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The Man from Egypt
(1916) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by Lawrence Semon (Larry Semon)
Cast: Hughie Mack [Hughey], Jewell Hunt [Jewell Mazuma], John Flatow [the Man from Egypt], Harry Hammill [the high priest], William Shea [Mr. Mazuma], Kate Price [Mrs. Mazuma], [?] Larry Semon?
The Vitagraph Company of America production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by C. Graham Baker and Lawrence Semon (Larry Semon). / Released 14 July 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Beware the ire of the sacred God Ammett, or any other of those Egyptian Gods for that matter. As a bellhop in a hotel, Hughey managed to get possession of a wonderful ruby, the eye of Ammet, and with its aid obtained an introduction to a millionaire and his beautiful daughter. But Hughey failed to remember that for every ruby or other gem stolen from an Egyptian shrine, there is a bearded sheik who has taken a vow never to eat, drink or sleep until the talisman has been returned to the irate God from whom it was stolen, and vengeance has been wrought on the guilty one. Just when Hughey is enjoying himself immensely at a fine little dinner with the fair damsel, his nemesis, the sheik, discovers him and a lively chase takes place. The sheik gets the ruby in his possession but Hughey regains it in jig time and the prospects are that the poor sheik will have some wait before he can look a square meal in the face again.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 8 May 2021.
References: Weaver-Twenty p. 318 : Website-IMDb.
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