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The Green Goddess (1923)

The Green Goddess poster
Directed by
Sidney Olcott
Genre
drama film, silent film, adventure film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 20m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Three British people crash in the remote territory of a rajah. The rajah holds them hostage in a tense standoff.

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What happens

The Green Goddess is a 1923 American silent adventure film based on the play The Green Goddess by William Archer. Set during the British Raj, it stars George Arliss as the Rajah of Rukh, into whose land arrive three British subjects, played by Alice Joyce, David Powell, and Harry T. Morey. Arliss, Joyce and Ivan F. Simpson reprised their roles from the play and also in the 1930 talking film version The Green Goddess. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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