Here’s a mystery couple in a mystery movie.

There’s a new photo on the jump!

[Update: These photos are from the 1916 Selig-Polyscope film “The Garden of Allah” starring Helen Ware and Tom Santschi. These photos appear in the photoplay edition of Robert Hichens book, which is listed on EBay. Bidding starts at $6.90.]

The Rialto, 812 S. Broadway, via Google maps’ street view.

[Update 2: “The Garden of Allah” opened at the Mason Opera House on Jan 1, 1917. Curiously enough, the film was rescored by Joseph Carl Brell in April 1917 for a re-release at Quinn’s Rialto, a 900-seat theater at 812 S. Broadway. Sid Grauman bought the theater in 1919, remodeled it and renamed it Grauman’s Rialto, according to The Times.  ]

This is another still from the same mystery movie….

[Update: Helen Ware as Domini and Tom Santschi as Boris in “The Garden of Allah.”