- The Thief of Bagdad (1924 film)
Infobox_Film
name = The Thief of Bagdad
imdb_id = 0015400
producer =Douglas Fairbanks
director =Raoul Walsh
writer = Douglas Fairbanks (story)Lotta Woods
starring = Douglas FairbanksSnitz Edwards Charles Belcher Julanne Johnston Anna May Wong
music =Mortimer Wilson
cinematography =Arthur Edeson
editing =William Nolan
distributor =United Artists
released =March 18 1924
runtime = 140 minutes
country = USA
amg_id = 1:49446
language =Silent film
English intertitles
budget =The Thief of Bagdad is a 1924
Douglas Fairbanks swashbuckleradventure film which tells the story of a thief who falls in love with the daughter of theCaliph . In 1996, the film was selected for preservation in the United StatesNational Film Registry by theLibrary of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".The movie, strong on special effects of the period (flying carpet, etc.) and featuring massive Arabian-style sets, also proved a stepping stone for a scantily-clad
Anna May Wong , who portrayed a Mongol slave.Cast
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Douglas Fairbanks as The Thief of Bagdad
*Snitz Edwards as His Evil Associate
*Charles Belcher as The Holy Man
*Julanne Johnston as The Princess
*Sojin as The Mongol Prince
*Anna May Wong as The Mongol Slave
*Brandon Hurst as The Caliph
*Tote Du Crow as The Soothsayer
*Noble Johnson as The Indian Prince
*Jack Churchill as an extraHonors
In June 2008, the
American Film Institute revealed its "10 Top 10", the ten best films in ten "classic" American film genres. After polling over 1,500 people from the creative community, "The Thief of Bagdad" was acknowledged as the ninth best film in the fantasy genre. [cite news | author =American Film Institute | title = AFI Crowns Top 10 Films in 10 Classic Genres | work = ComingSoon.net | date = 2008-06-17 | url = http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=46072 | accessdate= 2008-06-18] [cite web | title= Top 10 Fantasy | url = http://www.afi.com/10top10/fantasy.html | publisher=American Film Institute |accessdate= 2008-06-18]External links
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* " [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1028714-thief_of_bagdad/ The Thief of Bagdad] " atRotten Tomatoes References
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