A Night in New Arabia

A Night in New Arabia is a lost 1917 four-reel silent film, directed by Thomas Mills.^[2] It is based on the short story "A Night in New Arabia" from Strictly Business, a collection of 23 short stories by O. Henry published in 1910. The movie critic for the Moving Picture World, Margaret I. MacDonald, says that it "...is one of the best of the O. Henry four-part features".^[3]

Directed byThomas R. Mills

Written byF. R. Buckley

Based onO. Henry

Produced byVitagraph/Broadway Star Features Co.

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A Night in New Arabia
Directed by	Thomas R. Mills
Written by	F. R. Buckley
Based on	O. Henry
Produced by	Vitagraph/Broadway Star Features Co.
Starring	Frank Glendon Patsy De Forest Horace Vinton [it] Hattie Dalaro Hazlan Drouart
Distributed by	General Film Co.
Release date	October 22, 1917 (1917-10-22)
Running time	4 reels (Approx. 60 minutes)
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles).[1]

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The picture was part of the O. Henry Stories series of films produced by Vitagraph Studios/Broadway Star Features and distributed by the General Film Company. All based on O. Henry short stories, these pictures featured many of the same actors and included Friends in San Rosario, The Third Ingredient, The Marionettes, The Green Door, Past One at Rooney's, The Cop and the Anthem, The Gold That Glittered, The Duplicity of Hargraves, The Guilty Party, The Last Leaf and The Love Philtre of Ikey Schoenstein.^[4]