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1920 silent film directed by Louis J. Gasnier

Kismet
sheet music cover with film scenes
Directed by	Louis J. Gasnier
Written by	Charles E. Whittaker (scenario)
Based on	Kismet 1911 play by Edward Knoblock
Starring	Otis Skinner
Cinematography	Tony Gaudio Glen MacWilliams Joseph du Bray
Music by	Carl Edouarde
Production company	Waldorf Film Corporation
Distributed by	Robertson-Cole
Release date	November 14, 1920 (1920-11-14)
Running time	5 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Kismet is an American silent film version of the 1911 play Kismet by Edward Knoblock, starring Otis Skinner and Elinor Fair, and directed by Louis J. Gasnier.

Skinner's daughter, author Cornelia Otis Skinner, plays a small role. This version was released by Robertson-Cole Distributing Company, and was released on VHS by Grapevine Video. In New England the distribution of the film was handled by Joseph P. Kennedy who organized a successful premiere in Boston.

Skinner filmed the play again in a 1930 talkie. The 1930 version is considered lost but its Vitaphone soundtrack survives.

Plot

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Cast

Otis Skinner as Hajj the Beggar
Rosemary Theby as Kut-al-Kulub
Elinor Fair as Marsinah
Marguerite Comont as Nargis
Nicholas Dunaew as Nasir
Herschel Mayall as Jawan
Fred Lancaster as Zayd
Leon Bary as Caliph Abdullah
Sidney Smith as Jester
Hamilton Revelle as Wazir Mansur
Tom Kennedy as Kutayt
Sam Kaufman as Amru
Emmett King as Wazir Abu Bakr
Fanny Ferrari as Gulnar
Emily Seville as Kabirah

References

Progressive Silent Film List: Kismet at silentera.com
Beauchamp pp. 37-38

Bibliography

Beauchamp, Cari. Joseph P. Kennedy's Hollywood Years. Faber and Faber, 2009

External links

Kismet at IMDb
Kismet; allmovie.com
Kismet at the TCM Movie Database
Kismet at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
Kramer, Fritzi (March 9, 2014), Kismet (1920) A Silent Film Review, at moviessilently.com

v t e Films directed by Louis J. Gasnier
The Perils of Pauline (1914) The Exploits of Elaine (1914) The New Exploits of Elaine (1915) The Shielding Shadow (1916) The Seven Pearls (1917) Hands Up (1918) The Tiger's Trail (1919) Kismet (1920) Good Women (1921) A Wife's Awakening (1921) Silent Years (1921) The Call of Home (1922) Rich Men's Wives (1922) Thorns and Orange Blossoms (1922) Maytime (1923) Daughters of the Rich (1923) The Hero (1923) Mothers-in-Law (1923) Poor Men's Wives (1923) Poisoned Paradise: The Forbidden Story of Monte Carlo (1924) Wine (1924) White Man (1924) The Triflers (1924) The Breath of Scandal (1924) The Parasite (1925) Parisian Love (1925) Faint Perfume (1925) The Boomerang (1925) Out of the Storm (1926) That Model from Paris (1926) Sin Cargo (1926) Pleasures of the Rich (1926) Lost at Sea (1926) Streets of Shanghai (1927) The Beauty Shoppers (1927) Should Tall Men Marry? (1928) Fashion Madness (1928) Darkened Rooms (1929) Slightly Scarlet (1930) Mysterious Mr. Parkes (1930) The Virtuous Sin (1930) The Lawyer's Secret (1931) Silence (1931) The Strange Case of Clara Deane (1932) Forgotten Commandments (1932) Gambling Ship (1933) Downward Slope (1934) Fedora (1934) The Last Outpost (1935) Reefer Madness (1936) The Gold Racket (1937) Bank Alarm (1937) Sunset Murder Case (1938) The Marines Come Thru (1938) Murder on the Yukon (1940)

Films directed by Louis J. Gasnier

The Perils of Pauline (1914)
The Exploits of Elaine (1914)
The New Exploits of Elaine (1915)
The Shielding Shadow (1916)
The Seven Pearls (1917)
Hands Up (1918)
The Tiger's Trail (1919)
Kismet (1920)
Good Women (1921)
A Wife's Awakening (1921)
Silent Years (1921)
The Call of Home (1922)
Rich Men's Wives (1922)
Thorns and Orange Blossoms (1922)
Maytime (1923)
Daughters of the Rich (1923)
The Hero (1923)
Mothers-in-Law (1923)
Poor Men's Wives (1923)
Poisoned Paradise: The Forbidden Story of Monte Carlo (1924)
Wine (1924)
White Man (1924)
The Triflers (1924)
The Breath of Scandal (1924)
The Parasite (1925)
Parisian Love (1925)
Faint Perfume (1925)
The Boomerang (1925)
Out of the Storm (1926)
That Model from Paris (1926)
Sin Cargo (1926)
Pleasures of the Rich (1926)
Lost at Sea (1926)
Streets of Shanghai (1927)
The Beauty Shoppers (1927)
Should Tall Men Marry? (1928)
Fashion Madness (1928)
Darkened Rooms (1929)
Slightly Scarlet (1930)
Mysterious Mr. Parkes (1930)
The Virtuous Sin (1930)
The Lawyer's Secret (1931)
Silence (1931)
The Strange Case of Clara Deane (1932)
Forgotten Commandments (1932)
Gambling Ship (1933)
Downward Slope (1934)
Fedora (1934)
The Last Outpost (1935)
Reefer Madness (1936)
The Gold Racket (1937)
Bank Alarm (1937)
Sunset Murder Case (1938)
The Marines Come Thru (1938)
Murder on the Yukon (1940)

v t e Edward Knoblock's Kismet
Films	Kismet (1920) Kismet (1930) Kismet (1931) Kismet (1944) Kismet (1955)
Other	Kismet (1953 musical) Timbuktu! (1978 musical)
Songs	"Fate" "Baubles, Bangles, & Beads" "Stranger in Paradise" "And This Is My Beloved"

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