In the Sultan's Power (1909)

Jack Thornton, an American traveler, while touring Europe meets the daughter of an old French nobleman and falls in love with her. He is persistent in his suit for her hand, but outside of a seemingly cordial friendship the lady apparently does not return his affections. There is a reason for this. Osman Bey, a Turkish nobleman, desires the hand of this charming girl.

Date of release
1909-06-17
TMDB
3.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
12m
Genres
Adventure
Director
Francis Boggs

Casting

Interesting facts

In the Sultan's Power is a 1909 American silent adventure-drama short film directed by Francis Boggs and produced by William N. Selig for the Selig Polyscope Company. The film starred Hobart Bosworth, Betty Harte, and Tom Santschi, and was released on June 17, 1909. It was one of the first narrative films shot entirely in the Los Angeles area.

Production

The film was produced by the Selig Polyscope Company and shot in early 1909 in Los Angeles, California. It was filmed at an open-air lot behind a Chinese laundry at 7th and Olive Streets in downtown Los Angeles and at the Hotel Wentworth in Pasadena. It was among the earliest narrative films made in Los Angeles and helped establish the city as a viable location for film production.

Some sources identify In the Sultan’s Power as the first dramatic film shot entirely in Los Angeles, though others suggest that The Heart of a Race Tout (also 1909) may have preceded it.

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