Harem of Jewish slave traders to supply eunuchs to harems depended on whether they could acquire castrated males. European artists and writers envisioned and presented the Oriental harem in a romanticized, albeit historically inaccurate manner. The dark eunuch was held as the embodiment of the sensual tyranny that held sway in the fantasized Ottoman palace, for he had been "clipped" or "completely sheared" to make of him the "ultimate slave" for the supreme ruler. In the Ottoman court, white eunuchs, who were mostly brought from castration centers in Christian Europe and Circassia, were responsible for much of the palace administration, while
Who Is the Man? of the film having been seen after its original cinema release. The British Film Institute has been unable to locate a print for inclusion in the National Archive, and has included it on the "BFI 75 Most Wanted" list of missing British feature films. Who Is the Man? Who Is The Man? (1924) is a British silent film drama directed by Walter Summers. The film was based on the successful French play "Daniel" by Louis Verneuil and is notable as the first screen appearance of John Gielgud. Daniel Arnault (Gielgud), an impecunious sculptor, is in love with the beautiful Genevieve