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Snow in the Desert
Also known as La Lionne in France; Lejontämjaren in Sweden
(1919) England
B&W : Seven reels
Directed by Walter West

Cast: Violet Hopson [Felice Beste], Stewart Rome [William B. Jackson], Poppy Wyndham, Simeon Stuart [Sir Michael Beste], Ronald Colman [Rupert Sylvester], Mary Masters, A.B. Caldwell

Broadwest Film Company, Limited, production; distributed by Walter Daw & Sons, Limited. / Produced by Walter West. Scenario by Benedict James, from the novel Snow in the Desert by Andrew Soutar. / Released December 1919. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released as Lejontämjaren in Sweden on 10 May 1920. The film was released in France as La Lionne by Pathé on 15 October 1920.

Drama: Romance.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: (unknown)

Listing updated: 27 March 2020.

References: Quirk-Colman p. 28; Smith-Colman pp. 6, 13-14 : Website-IMDb.