---
title: 'Barbary Sheep (1917)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Maurice Tourneur'
released: '1917-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 50
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/barbary-sheep-1917'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0007678/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Barbary Sheep (1917)

1917 · 50 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

Barbary Sheep is a 1917 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed through Artcraft Pictures, an affiliate of Paramount Pictures. The film was directed by Maurice Tourneur and stars Elsie Ferguson in her motion picture debut. This picture is said to have George M. Cohan in his film debut as well. It is an adaptation of the 1907 novel Barbary Sheep by British writer Robert Hichens. It was thought to be a lost film until an 8-minute clip or fragment was found in the Gosfilmfond archive.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Maurice Tourneur](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-tourneur)
- **Screenplay:** [Charles Maigne](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-maigne)
- **Producer:** [Adolph Zukor](https://cinepixo.com/people/adolph-zukor), [Jesse Louis Lasky](https://cinepixo.com/people/jesse-louis-lasky)
- **Director of Photography:** [John van den Broek](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-van-den-broek)

## Cast

- [George M. Cohan](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-m-cohan)
- [Elsie Ferguson](https://cinepixo.com/people/elsie-ferguson)
- [Pedro de Cordoba](https://cinepixo.com/people/pedro-de-cordoba)
- [Lumsden Hare](https://cinepixo.com/people/lumsden-hare)

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