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Bookmark this pageThe Thief of Bagdad (1924)
Director: Raoul Walsh
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From Time Out Film Guide
Fairbanks' Arabian Nights spectacle presents American silent cinema at its most flamboyant. The collection of sets were said to extend over six-and-a-half acres; the designs, partly by William Cameron Menzies, are a dizzy conglomeration of Manhattan chic, Art Deco, and rampant Chinoiserie, guaranteed to amaze the eyes. Fairbanks leaps and grins through them all, the personification of American 'pep'. Korda's version of 1940 has the quirks and the luscious colour, but this one has the electric energy.Author: GB
Cast & crew
Director: Raoul Walsh
Producer: Douglas Fairbanks
Cast: Douglas Fairbanks, Julanne Johnston, Anna May Wong, Snitz Edwards, Charles Belcher, Brandon Hurst, Sojin full cast
Genre(s): Fantasy
Duration: 11 mins
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