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The Devil Dancer

5.7 73 mins Drama   Romance   1927
Samuel Goldwyn Productions  
Director(s): Fred Niblo

Release Date: 03 Thu, Nov 1927

An English explorer disturbed by the practices of an isolated tribe attempts to rescue a native girl he has become fascinated with. THE DEVIL DANCER was highly praised at time of release for its exquisite cinematography, especially in the use of light and shadow. The film received an Academy Award nomination in this category. Sadly, it is among the lost. No prints or negatives are known to survive.

Casts of The Devil Dancer

Gilda Gray

as Takla (The Devil Dancer)

Clive Brook

as Stephen Athelstan

Anne Schaefer

as Tana (as Ann Schaeffer)

Serge Temoff

as Beppo

Michael Vavitch

as Hassim

Sôjin Kamiyama

as Sadik Lama (as Sojin)

Claire Du Brey

as Audrey

Albert Conti

as Arnold Guthrie

Anna May Wong

as Sada

Martha Mattox

as Isabel

Kalla Pasha

as Toy

James B. Leong

as The Grand Lama

William H. Tooker

as Lathrop

Nora Cecil

as Julia

Barbara Tennant

as The White Woman

Josephine the Monkey

as Monkey (uncredited)

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