The Naulahka (1918)
IT COST OVER $100,000 TO PRODUCE When you see it you agree that the money was well spent.
Trying to win the Three C's railroad line for his home town of Topaz, Colorado, Nicholas "Nick" Tarvin journeys to India to secure the famed jewel known as the Naulahka, which he plans to present to Mrs. Mutrie, the railroad president's wife.
- Date of release
- 1918-02-14
- Runtime
- 1h 0m
- Genres
- Adventure
- Director
- George Fitzmaurice
Casting
- Antonio Moreno — Nicholas Tarvin
- Doraldina — Sitahbai
- Helene Chadwick — Kate Sheriff
- J.H. Gilmour — Mr. Mutrie
- Warner Oland — Maharajah
- Mary Alden — Prince's Mother
- Edna Hunter — Mrs. Mutrie
Interesting facts
The Naulahka is a 1918 American silent adventure film directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring Antonio Moreno, Helene Chadwick and Warner Oland. It was made for a reported cost of $100,000 leading the studio to claim it was the most expensive film ever made, although many earlier productions had in fact been made with larger budgets. It is based on a poem of the same name by Rudyard Kipling. Originally eight reels long, it was later shortened to six with a running time of around an hour.
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