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Soft Cushions (1927) [N/A]

Featuring:
Douglas MacLean, Sue Carol, Richard Carle

Written by:
Wade Boteler
Frederick Chapin
George Randolph Chester

Directed by:
Edward F. Cline


Release Date:
August 27, 1927

Original Title:
Soft Cushions

Genres:
Adventure | Comedy

Production Companies:
Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 70

Overview from TheMovieDB

Douglas MacLean stars as The Young Thief, who falls in love with The Girl, played by Sue Carol. Alas, the Girl has been sold into the harem of The Wazir (Albert Prisco), forcing the Thief to sneak into the palace to rescue her.

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Overview from Open Movies

While spying a beautiful slave girl, a young thief penetrates the harem in which she is imprisoned and, when apprehended, announces that he wants to buy her. Though she dreams of winning the favor of the sultan, she is attracted to the thief. He robs his partners, a fat and a lean thief, to raise the money; but just as he is about to marry the girl, the partners expose his fraud. The police judge takes a look at the girl, confiscates her and the plunder, and orders the young thief's decapitation. But the notary remembers that the thief has promised to pull the sultan's whiskers, thus automatically moving the case to the Wazir's court; the Wazir also falls for the girl and orders an execution. The thief escapes, and disguised as the Wazir, he saves the life of the sultan, winning forgiveness for his sins; and as Wazir he purchases the slave girl for his wife.

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Rankings and Honors

Soft Cushions (1927) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 4.3/10

Performers

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Production

Director:
Edward F. Cline

Story:
George Randolph Chester

Writer:
Frederick Chapin
Wade Boteler

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