The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
| Release Date | 18 March 1924 |
| Budget | $2,000,000 |
| Genre | Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance |
| Country | USA |
| Filming Locations | The Lot - 1041 N. Formosa Avenue, West Hollywood, California, USA |
| Sound Mix | Silent |
| Color | Black and White |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Fantasy Adventure, Costume Adventure |
| Mood | Thrill Rides |
| Themes | Heroic Mission |
| Tones | Lavish, Fanciful, Whimsical, Stylized |
| Tags | Disguise, Fantasy World, Flying, Genie, Kingdom, Magic Carpet, Palace, Princess, Quest, Robbery, Sailing, Sea, Sorcerer, Treasure, Wish Fulfillment |
The Thief of Bagdad is a 1924 American swashbuckler film directed by Raoul Walsh starring Douglas Fairbanks, which tells the story of a thief who falls in love with the daughter of the Caliph. In 1996, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Cast and Crew
Cast
Charles Belcher
The Holy Man
Sôjin
The Mongol Prince
Tote Du Crow
The Soothsayer
Sam Baker
The Sworder
Winter Blossom
The Slave of the Lute
Jesse Fuller
Undetermined Role
Scotty Mattraw
Eunuch
K. Nambu
His Counselor
Jack Parker
Child
David Sharpe
Bit
Charles Stevens
His Awaker
Charles Sylvester
Eunuch
Jess Weldon
Eunuch
Director
Producer
Achmed Abdullah
screenwriter
James T. O'Donohoe
adaptation
Lotta Woods
writer
Original Music
Carl Davis
Cinematographer
Editor
William Nolan
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Production Designer
William Cameron Menzies
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Art Director
William Cameron Menzies
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Costume Designer
Makeup Department
George Westmore
makeup artist
Production Manager
Theodore Reed
production manager
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
James T. O'Donohoe
assistant director
Art Department
Park French
associate artist
H.R. Hopps
associate artist
Edward M. Langley
associate artist
Irvin J. Martin
consulting art director
William Utwich
associate artist
Paul Youngblood
associate artist
Paul Burns
property master
Special Effects
Hampton Del Ruth
special effects, mechanical effects
Coy Watson Sr.
mechanical effects, special effects
Stunts
David Sharpe
stunts
Jack Stoney
stunts
Camera and Electrical Department
Kenneth Gordon MacLean
assistant camera
Charles Warrington
still photographer
Albert Wayne
master electrician
Phil Whitman
assistant camera
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Paul Burns
wardrobe supervisor
Music Department
David Cullen
orchestrator: Carl Davis
Carl Davis
music adaptor: Rimsky-Korsakov, orchestrator: new score
Other Crew
Robert Fairbanks
technical director
Arthur Woods
researcher, technical advisor
Edward Knoblock
consultant, technical advisor
Howard MacChesney
technical crew
Clinton Newman
technical crew
Walter Pallman
technical crew
J.C. Watson
technical crew
Production Company
Douglas Fairbanks Pictures Corp.
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Distributor
United Artists
Republic Pictures Home Video
Kino International Corp.
Image Entertainment
Madacy Entertainment
Alpha Video Distributors
I.V.C.
REX Film
Divisa Home Video
Circulo Digital
Cult & Classic
Grapevine Video
Kino Video
Living Colour Entertainment
Reel Media International
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Stokey Video
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Going Hollywood (1933)
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Hello, Sister! (1933)
High Sierra (1941)
Hot for Paris (1929)
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The Thief of Bagdad
