LITTLE EGYPT

Looking to feature authentic Egyptians in his exhibit at the Chicago World's Fair, Cyrus Graydon visit Cairo, where he is joined by a pasha and by an American con artist named Wayne Cravat. The pasha falls in love with the exotic dancer Izora. Although Graydon tries to discourage her, she travels to Chicago, where she identifies herself as a genuine Egyptian princess.

Cravat pretends to be romantically interested in Graydon's daughter Sylvia in order to curry favor with her father. Izora is jealous and retaliates by trying to seduce Sylvia's fiancé Oliver Doane.

When she dances a scandalous "hootchy-kootchy" dance in public, the police place Izora under arrest. She insists in court that, as a princess, she is entitled to dance any way that she pleases. However, the prosecution has discovered that Izora is actually Betty Randolph of Jersey City, New Jersey.

The pasha appears just in time to attest that she is his cousin, and therefore a true princess. However, others discover that the pasha himself is a fake.

Izora is revealed in court to be Betty Randolph from New Jersey, not an Egyptian princess. The pasha attempts to vouch for her royal status, but is exposed as a fake himself.

The film’s conclusion exposes the layers of deception at its heart—neither Izora nor the pasha are who they claim to be, underscoring the farcical nature of public spectacle and identity. By unraveling these pretenses in a courtroom spectacle, Little Egypt lampoons the credulity of society and the performative aspect of both morality and show business. The ending lands as a comic unmasking, poking fun at both the con artists and those desperate to believe in them.