Burning Sands is a 1921 dramatic adventure novel by the British writer Arthur Weigall. It was originally published in Britain under the alternative title The Dweller in the Desert.[1] Set in the Middle East, the novel was a riposte to the 1919 novel The Sheik by E. M. Hull.[2]
Author | Arthur Weigall |
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Language | English |
Genre | Drama |
Publisher | T. Fisher Unwin (UK) Grosset & Dunlap (US) |
Publication date | 1921 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Media type |
Film adaptation
editIn 1922 it was adapted into an American silent film Burning Sands directed by George Melford and starring Wanda Hawley, Milton Sills and Jacqueline Logan.[3] It was produced by Paramount Pictures who were hoping to capitalise on the enormous success of the previous year's film version of The Sheik.[2]
References
editBibliography
edit- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
- Trotter, David. English Novel in History, 1895–1920. Routledge, 2003.
- Michelakis, Pantelis & Wyke, Maria. The Ancient World in Silent Cinema. Cambridge University Press, 2013.