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| Genre/Form: | Fantasy films Action and adventure films Fiction films Silent films Feature films Film adaptations National Film Registry Drama |
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| Material Type: | Videorecording |
| Document Type: | Visual material |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Raoul Walsh; Lotta Woods; Elton Thomas; Arthur Edeson; Bill Nolan; William Cameron Menzies; Mitchell Leisen; Rodney Sauer; Susan Hall; Douglas Fairbanks; Snitz Edwards; Charles Belcher; Julanne Johnston; Sōjin Kamiyama; Anna May Wong; Brandon Hurst; Tote Du Crow; Noble Johnson; Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra.; Douglas Fairbanks Pictures Company.; United Artists Corporation.; Kino International Corporation. |
| OCLC Number: | 54832023 |
| Language Note: | Silent, with English intertitles and musical accompaniment. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Awards: | National Film Registry selection, 1996. |
| Description: | 1 videodisc (154 min.) : sd., col. tinted ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Details: | DVD; region 1, NTSC; full screen presentation; digital stereo. |
| 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.). |
| Other Titles: | Thief of Bagdad (Motion picture : 1924) The thief of Bagdad |
| Responsibility: | directed by Raoul Walsh ; scenario by Lotta Woods ; screenplay by Elton Thomas ; produced by Douglas Fairbanks Pictures Corp. ; United Artists. |
| Local System Bib Number: | 180281 |
Abstract:
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.
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