[2] Silent film femme fatale, Louise Glaum, portrays the role of Mignon, a Parisian music hall celebrity.

The Washington Post wrote: "Sahara, one of the most impressive film dramas ever screened at Moore's Rialto Theater, was acclaimed by large audiences at the first showings yesterday.

Desert sand and wind storms, picturesque Arabs, dashing horses, camels, beggars, turbans, flowing robes, bloomers and streets with the atmosphere of the Arabian Nights -- these are the materials substituted for the long-familiar two-gun man and his well-known properties.

"[7]The Los Angeles Times reported: "This brilliant author [C. Gardner Sullivan] is found at his best, it is said, in his newest drama, 'Sahara' ... Press notices in the East indicate that 'Sahara' is unquestionably one of the most luxurious motion pictures of the year.

A syndicated review published in several newspapers called it the "Biggest Picture of the Year" and praised it as one of the great dramas of recent years:"All who see Louise Glaum in 'Sahara,' a powerful emotional drama of Paris and Cairo by C. Gardner Sullivan and supervised by Allan Dwan will regret the days that she has spent in other pictures which failed to give her the opportunities of 'Sahara' ...

This big J. Parker Read, Jr., production distributed by W.W. Hodkinson is entitled to rank as one of the really great dramas produced in motion pictures in recent years.

Undoubtedly some of them will say that Mignon was right in leaving her husband and child to seek happiness in the care-free city of Cairo while others who believe in the hide-bound rule of modern society will condemn her.