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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
Sep 27, 2016 · "The Thief of Bagdad" (1924) is a romantic fantasy-adventure starring Douglas Fairbanks and featuring Snitz Edwards, a star of Silent Hall of Fame. "The Thief of Bagdad" was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" in 1996.
The Thief of Bagdad is a 1924 American swashbuckler film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Douglas Fairbanks. 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 Bagdad.
To win the hand of the caliph of Bagdad’s daughter (played by Julanne Johnston), a thief (Fairbanks) embarks on a dangerous and mystical journey to secure the most desirable treasure imaginable. The film was a popular success, and Fairbanks made women swoon as one of the screen’s first superstars.
- Lee Pfeiffer
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.
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May 6, 2009 · The thief, Abu, is played by the Indian child star Sabu, then about 15. The king, Ahmad, is played by John Justin with a Fairbanksian mustache. This is an invaluable change, for both dramatic purposes and practical ones: The silent character needs no one to talk to.
