Desert Song (The Play Pictorial volume 51) The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Miss Edith Day as Margot, Harry Welchman as the Red Shadow, Gene Gerrard as Bennie, Clarice Hardwicke as Susan, Maria Minetti as Clementina, Dennis Hoey as Ali Ben Ali and Leonard Mackay as General Birabeau. 7.4.1927