Blu-ray
The thief of Bagdad
Call Number
- BLU-RAY ACTION (CEN)
Edition
Blu-ray version.
Languages
Silent with English intertitles and musical score.
Performers
Douglas Fairbanks, Julanne Johnston, Snitz Edwards, Sojin, Anna May Wong.
Publication Information
Port Washington, NY : Entertainment One Film USA, LLC
Physical Description
1 videodisc (149 minutes) : silent, black and white with color tints ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Uniform Title
Summary
"Newly restored from two 35mm negatives and incorporating the color tints and tones of the original release prints, this definitive edition of The Thief of Bagdad features silent film score maestro Carl Davis conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra, performing a magnificent score that intermingles Davis' own music with the iconic Orientalia of Rimsky-Korsakov. THE THIEF OF BAGDAD is a dazzling Arabian Nights adventure fantasy set in the city of Bagdad and one of the most imaginative of all silent movies. The elaborate and lush backgrounds, the massive sets by William Cameron Menzies who would later design Gone with the Wind, all have an expressionist quality unique for American films of the time. Fairbanks is at his lightest and most impudent best as the dashing Ahmed, the thief who wins a princess."--Container.
Notes
Originally released as a motion picture in 1924.
Special features: Audio commentary by Fairbanks biographer Jeffrey Vance ; featurette including rare behind-the-scenes photographs.