bjgreen
By Betsy J. Green
This silent film was released on January 28, 1923. Some scenes were filmed in Montecito where the Bartlett Polo Club on Middle Road was a stand-in for the Bombay Polo Club. The local residents were thrilled to be able to take part and schmooze with Norma Talmadge, Eugene O’Brien, and director Frank Lloyd.
“The story required that . . . part of the action occurs in Bombay, India. Hence the resplendent pavilions and awnings, hence the swarthy complexions, the fierce beards, the cork helmets, the gaudy uniforms; hence also the British flags and the tea . . . Santa Barbara did what it could to give the scene a Santa Barbara version of the proper British Indian atmosphere by . . . appearing in gauzy frocks and immaculate flannels.” – Santa Barbara Morning Press, July 16, 1922
No copies are known to exist.
