Tag Archives: Arabian Nights

The Thief of Baghdad (1961)

Posted on September 16, 2020 at 8:37 pm by Jeff Kuykendall

Although the Douglas Fairbanks vehicle The Thief of Bagdad (1924) was a pastiche not based on any particular tale in the Arabian Nights, it inspired a strain of remakes, each of which banked on the audience’s familiarity with the title … Continue reading →

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Kashchei the Immortal (1944)

Posted on May 27, 2020 at 2:11 pm by Jeff Kuykendall

After completing in rapid succession the Russian fantasy films Wish Upon a Pike (1938), Vassilisa the Beautiful (1939), and The Humpbacked Horse (1941), Aleksandr Rou wouldn’t make another full length feature film for three years, as the war relocated Soyuzdetfilm … Continue reading →

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The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926)

Posted on March 27, 2020 at 3:14 pm by Jeff Kuykendall

The opening caption of an English language import of one of animator Lotte Reiniger’s shorts, “The Adventures of Dr. Dolittle: The Lion’s Den” (1923), reads: “The characters in this little comedy have no real existence. They have been designed and … Continue reading →

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