Forbidden Daughters
About Forbidden Daughters
Alva hears from her missing husband Russell and goes to Africa after him. She finds him “held prisoner” by a naked princess, Loma. To take him home she has to prove she can outdo the princess. Clarice Conwell plays Alva. Ralph O’Brien plays Russell. The 13-minute short is the only film directed by the nude photographer Albert Arthur Allen.
Cast & crew
More about Forbidden Daughters
Allen, known for photographs of nude models, directed this silent black-and-white erotic short in 1927. Gladys DeLores is billed as a harem favorite and Kathryn Kay as a harem dancer. It runs 13 minutes. Something Weird Video put it on a U.S. DVD in 2002.
Themes
Making
The Africa of the story is a pretext for Allen’s nudes: a princess, a harem dancer, and a wife who has to compete with them. There is no second plot once Russell is found.
Music
Silent.
Preservation
A 13-minute print survives and was included on a Something Weird Video DVD in 2002.
Notes
- Allen’s other work is still photography, not a run of features.
- The princess is named Loma in the plot summary. She is not given a separate acting credit in the short cast list.
- The Commons file is titled The Forbidden Daughters.
- Something Weird’s 2002 DVD is the named home-video issue.
Scenes
- Alva finds Russell with Loma.
- The contest is whether the wife can outshine the princess.
Also available
- Something Weird Video DVD (2002)
- Wikimedia Commons (The Forbidden Daughters.ogv)