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March 18, 1924
- Rather than follow the usual practice of compiling one from existing music, Fairbanks hired composer Mortimer Wilson to create an original musical score. The world premiere of The Thief of Bagdad was held at the Liberty Theater in New York City on March 18, 1924.
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The Thief of Bagdad is a 1924 American silent adventure film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Douglas Fairbanks, and written by Achmed Abdullah and Lotta Woods. Freely adapted from One Thousand and One Nights, it tells the story of a thief who falls in love with the daughter of the Caliph of Baghdad.
The Thief of Bagdad: Directed by Raoul Walsh. With Douglas Fairbanks, Snitz Edwards, Charles Belcher, Julanne Johnston. A recalcitrant thief vies with a duplicitous Mongol ruler for the hand of a beautiful princess.
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- Adventure, Family, Fantasy
- Raoul Walsh
- 1924-04-11
Thief of Bagdad, The (1924) -- (Movie Clip) Happiness Must Be Earned Aphorisms at the opening, then the first scenes in Bagdad where the jaunty title character (star and de facto producer Douglas Fairbanks) is up to his daily hijinks, in The Thief Of Bagdad, 1924, directed by Raoul Walsh.
- Raoul Walsh, James T. O'donohoe
- Douglas Fairbanks
In this One Thousand and One Nights-inspired escapade, the suave, wiry Fairbanks is Ahmed, a devil-may-care thief who delights in stealing whatever he wishes, wheeling through the city in a...
The Thief of Bagdad, American silent swashbuckling film, released in 1924, that cemented Douglas Fairbanks’s reputation as a matinee idol. (Read Martin Scorsese’s Britannica essay on film preservation.)
- Lee Pfeiffer
Nov 16, 2014 · Running Time: 149 min. Year: 1924. BBFC Certificate: U. Douglas Fairbanks and his wife Mary Pickford were thought of as the king and queen of Hollywood back in the 1920’s.
Jul 26, 2023 · In this One Thousand and One Nights-inspired escapade, the suave, wiry Fairbanks is Ahmed, a devil-may-care thief who delights in stealing whatever he wishes, wheeling through the city...
