(1921). Stage Play: The Green Goddess. Melodrama. Written by William Archer. Directed by Winthrop Ames. Booth Theatre: 18 Jan 1921- Jun 1921 (closing date unknown/175 performances). Cast: George Arliss (as "The Raja of Rukh"), Ronald Colman (as "The Temple Priest") [Broadway debut], Cyril Keightley (as "Dr. Basil Traherne"), David A. Leonard (as "The High Priest"), Helen Nowell (as "An Ayah") [only Broadway role], Herbert Ransome (as "Lieut. Denis Cardew"), Ivan F. Simpson (as "Watkins"), Herbert Waring (as "Major Antony Crespin"), Olive Wyndham (as "Lucilla"). Produced by Winthrop Ames. Note: Filmed by Distinctive Productions [distributed by Goldwyn-Cosmopolitan Distributing Corporation] as The Green Goddess (1923), by Warner Bros/Vitaphone Corp. as The Green Goddess (1930), by RKO Vaudeville Circuit [distributed by RKO Radio Pictures] as The Green Goddess (1939) [short subject, directed by Orson Welles], and by Warner Bros. as Adventure in Iraq (1943).
This film's earliest documented telecast took place in Indianapolis Tuesday 8 October 1956 on WISH (Channel 8); it first aired in Boston Friday 2 November 1956 on WBZ (Channel 4), in Bellingham WA Monday 3 December 1956 on KVOS (Channel 12), in Albuquerque Sunday 30 December 1956 on KOAT (Channel 7), in San Diego CA Sunday 5 May 1957 on KFMB (Channel 8), in Chicago Saturday 18 May 1957 on WGN (Channel 9), and in Phoenix Monday 8 July 1957 on KVAR (Channel 12).