Auction of Souls (1919) Ravished Armenia (original title)

Director:

Oscar Apfel

Writers:

Aurora Mardiganian (book) and
Henry Leyford Gates (book) ...
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Release Date:

19 January 1919 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | History | Romance | War

Tagline:

TRULY SENSATIONAL! - SENSATIONALLY TRUE! (original ad - all caps)

Plot:

Aurora Mardiganian, a young and beautiful Armenian girl, lives with her parents in the Turkish city of Havpoul...

Plot Keywords:

Armenian | Soldier | Russia | American | Christian

Cast

Aurora Mardiganian	...	Aurora (as Aurora Mardijanian)
Irving Cummings	...	Andranik
Anna Q. Nilsson	...	Edith Graham
Henry Morgenthau	...	U.S. Ambassador Henry Morgenthau
Lillian West
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Eugenie Besserer
Frank Clark
Howard Davies
Hector Dion
Miles McCarthy

Directed by
Oscar Apfel

Writing credits
Aurora Mardiganian		book "Ravished Armenia" and
Henry Leyford Gates		(book "Ravished Armenia") (as H.L. Gates)
Frederick Chapin		(as Frederic Chapin)

Produced by
William Nicholas Selig	....	producer (as William N. Selig)

Production Companies

• First National Pictures
• Selig Studios for the American Committee for Armenian & Syrian Relief

Distributors

• First National Exhibitors' Circuit (1919) (USA) (theatrical)

Also Known As:

"Ravished Armenia" - USA (original title)

Country:

USA

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Silent

Filming Locations:

Mt. Baldy, California, USA

Company:

First National Pictures

Trivia:

The film is presumed lost.