![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She’s played by Anna May Wong, who I began to read up on after watching the film and discovered a fascinating life story. From her first appearance, discovering the thief on the night he breaks into the palace, she captures our attention in every scene. The Mongol Prince is assisted by a spy, masquerading as one of the Princess’ slave girls. As the thief travels far and wide, the Mongol leader forms a plan to cease power through force – marriage or not. He must then go on an epic quest to save her from a forced marriage to some real, but evil, Princes. He’s back by an enormous cast of main players and thousands of extras in one of the most ambitious movies of the decade.įans of Disney’s Aladdin will be familiar with the plot – a street thief disguises himself as royalty and falls in love with a Princess. He’s charismatic, daring and handsome – one of the first idols of cinema. Mention its name and I could describe its famous magic carpet scene – often used to advertise the film – and tell you it had something to do with Arabian Nights.Īlongside 1922’s Robin Hood, The Thief of Bagdad is perhaps best known as a Douglas Fairbanks film and is often credited as changing his image into the pre-Erroll Flynn swashbuckling hero of silent cinema.Ī world away from the likes of Chaplin, Keaton and Lloyd, Fairbanks is the shining star of the movie. The Thief of Bagdad is another of those films that have sat in my consciousness as a film fan, without much detail or context. ![]()
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