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The thief of Bagdad : an Arabian Nights fantasy
Uniform Title
Thief of Bagdad (Motion picture : 1924)
Title
The thief of Bagdad : an Arabian Nights fantasy / directed by Raoul Walsh ; scenario by Lotta Woods ; screenplay by Elton Thomas ; produced by Douglas Fairbanks Pictures Corp. ; United Artists.
Published
New York, N.Y. : Kino on Video, ©2004.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (154 min.) : sound, color tinted ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Originally released as a motion picture in 1924.
Cast & crew credits from container and other sources.
Also issued as part of the box set: The Douglas Fairbanks collection.
Photographed by Arthur Edeson ; film editor, William Nolan ; production design, William Cameron Menzies ; costume director, Mitchell Leisen ; score compiled by Rodney Sauer and Susan Hall, adapted from the original 1924 cue sheets ; score performed by the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra.
Silent, with English intertitles and musical accompaniment.
National Film Registry selection, 1996.
Access and use
For private home use only.
Summary
A carefree pickpocket turns his appealing brand of mischievous thievery toward the attainment of happiness-- and an exotic Princess. The only way he can win either is by retrieving the rarest treasures hidden within the mysterious Orient, a quest that grows more fantastic with every passing thrill.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 08, 2018
Credits
Photographed by Arthur Edeson ; film editor, William Nolan ; production design, William Cameron Menzies ; costume director, Mitchell Leisen ; score compiled by Rodney Sauer and Susan Hall, adapted from the original 1924 cue sheets ; score performed by the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra.
Cast
Douglas Fairbanks, Snitz Edwards, Charles Belcher, Julanne Johnston, Sojin, Anna May Wong, Brandon Hurst, Tote Du Crow, Noble Johnson.
System details note
DVD; region 1, NTSC; full screen presentation; digital stereo.
Partial contents
Special features: Introduction by Orson Welles (5 min.)
Rare outtake footage (19 min.)
Matte photography outtakes (1 min.)
Excerpt from Paul Leni's "Waxworks = Das wachsfigurenkabinett" (c1924, 3 min.)
Excerpt from Georges Melies's "Arabian nights = Le Palais des Mille et Une Nuits" (c1905, 8 min.)
"About the score" essay by Rodney Sauer (33 p.)
Excerpts from the souvenir program book (22 p.).
Videorecording number
K329 Kino on Video
K333 Kino International (set)
Subjects
Genre/Form
Silent films - United States.
Feature films - United States.
National Film Registry.
Action and adventure films.
Drama.
Fantasy films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Silent films.
Fantasy films.
Action and adventure films.
Fiction films.
Silent films.
Feature films.
Film adaptations.
Silent films.
Feature films.
Also listed under
Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra.
Douglas Fairbanks Pictures Company.
United Artists Corporation.
Kino International Corporation.
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