The Garden of Allah | |
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![]() 1936 US Theatrical Poster | |
Directed by | Richard Boleslawski |
Written by | William P. Lipscomb Lynn Riggs Willis Goldbeck (uncredited) |
Based on | The Garden of Allah 1904 novel by Robert S. Hichens |
Produced by | David O. Selznick |
Starring | Marlene Dietrich Charles Boyer Basil Rathbone C. Aubrey Smith Joseph Schildkraut John Carradine Alan Marshal Lucile Watson |
Cinematography | Virgil Miller W. Howard Greene (uncredited) Harold Rosson (uncredited) |
Edited by | Hal C. Kern Anson Stevenson (uncredited) |
Music by | Max Steiner |
Color process | Technicolor |
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Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 79 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $2.7 million (world)[1] |
The Garden of Allah is a 1936 American adventure drama romance film directed by Richard Boleslawski, produced by David O. Selznick, and starring Marlene Dietrich and Charles Boyer. The screenplay was written by William P. Lipscomb and Lynn Riggs, who based it on the 1904 novel of the same title by Robert S. Hichens. Hichens's novel had been filmed twice before, as silent films made in 1916 and 1927. The supporting cast of the sound version features Basil Rathbone, C. Aubrey Smith, Joseph Schildkraut, John Carradine, Alan Marshal, and Lucile Watson. The music score is by Max Steiner.
It was the third feature film to be photographed in Three-strip Technicolor, and (uncredited) cinematographers W. Howard Greene and Harold Rosson received a special Oscar for advances in color cinematography. The filming locations were in Buttercup, California and Yuma, Arizona.