A Lover's Oath is a lost 1925 American silent fantasy film directed by Ferdinand P. Earle and featuring Ramon Novarro. The film is based upon the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, as translated by Edward Fitzgerald, and included quotes of its text on intertitles. Actor Milton Sills was scenarist and editor for the film.[1][2]

A Lover's Oath
From a 1922 magazine
Directed by	Ferdinand P. Earle
Written by	Milton Sills
Based on	Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam by Omar Khayyam (Edward Fitzgerald translation)
Produced by	Sol Lesser
Starring	Ramon Novarro Kathleen Key
Cinematography	Georges Benoît
Edited by	Milton Sills
Distributed by	Astor Pictures
Release date	September 29, 1925 (1925-09-29)
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The film was shot in 1920-21 and not released until 1925.[3] Actor Edwin Stevens had died in 1923 before the film was released.

Cast

Production

For its 1925 release by Astor Pictures, a small distributor, Milton Sills edited the 1922 film to emphasize the role of Novarro, who by then was a rising star. Novarro refused to cooperate with a request for some new closeups, and reportedly some older clips of Novarro were edited into the film.[4] Despite this, the film was not well received by critics or the public.[4]

Preservation

A Lover's Oath is a lost save for a short segment (around thirty seconds^{[citation needed]}) held by the Academy Film Archive; the archive preserved the film in 2009.[5] An additional 135-foot section was apparently discovered and uploaded to YouTube, purportedly by the Academy Film Archive (see external link below).

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to A Lover's Oath.

• A Lover's Oath at IMDb
• Synopsis at AllMovie
• "A Lover's Oath:" From the Academy Film Archive on YouTube^{[citation needed]}

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