The Garden of Allah (1936 film)

The Garden of Allah
1936 US Theatrical Poster
Directed by	Richard Boleslawski
Written by	William P. Lipscomb Lynn Riggs Willis Goldbeck (uncredited)
Based on	The Garden of Allah 1904 novel by Robert S. Hichens
Produced by	David O. Selznick
Starring	Marlene Dietrich Charles Boyer Basil Rathbone C. Aubrey Smith Joseph Schildkraut John Carradine Alan Marshal Lucile Watson
Cinematography	Virgil Miller W. Howard Greene (uncredited) Harold Rosson (uncredited)
Edited by	Hal C. Kern Anson Stevenson (uncredited)
Music by	Max Steiner
Color process	Technicolor
Production company	Selznick International Pictures
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	November 19, 1936 (1936-11-19)
Running time	79 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$2.7 million (world)[1]

The Garden of Allah is a 1936 American adventure drama romance film directed by Richard Boleslawski, produced by David O. Selznick, and starring Marlene Dietrich and Charles Boyer. The screenplay was written by William P. Lipscomb and Lynn Riggs, who based it on the 1904 novel of the same title by Robert S. Hichens. Hichens's novel had been filmed twice before, as silent films made in 1916 and 1927. The supporting cast of the sound version features Basil Rathbone, C. Aubrey Smith, Joseph Schildkraut, John Carradine, Alan Marshal, and Lucile Watson. The music score is by Max Steiner.

It was the third feature film to be photographed in Three-strip Technicolor, and (uncredited) cinematographers W. Howard Greene and Harold Rosson received a special Oscar for advances in color cinematography. The filming locations were in Buttercup, California and Yuma, Arizona.