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The
Thief of Bagdad
Release date 18th March 1924
Country : USA
Running time : 155 mins
Genre : Fantasy
Starring Douglas Fairbanks Snr
Screenplay by Elton Thomas (Fairbanks)
Directed by Raoul Walsh
A thief falls in love with a Princess and poses as one of her suitors. He is banished from the palace when discovered but joins in the quest to find the rarest treasure in this world or even beyond to win her hand.
Silent EraRelease date 18th March 1924
Country : USA
Running time : 155 mins
Genre : Fantasy
Starring Douglas Fairbanks Snr
Screenplay by Elton Thomas (Fairbanks)
Directed by Raoul Walsh
A thief falls in love with a Princess and poses as one of her suitors. He is banished from the palace when discovered but joins in the quest to find the rarest treasure in this world or even beyond to win her hand.
Wonderful romantic fantasy with
incredible special effects and sets for the time. Fairbanks' films have
been unjustly neglected and this was by far the most ambitious and
opulent of them, it also stands out as an enduring classic due to its
driving imaginative storyline which always keeps the viewer interested.
A 1980s restoration in the Thames Silents series included a score incorporating Rimsky Korsakov themes written by Carl Davis.
The sets were designed by William Cameron
Menzies who later worked on Gone with the Wind (1939).
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Written content copyright Derek McLellan,2005.
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