Kismet

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Kismet is a 1955 MGM musical fantasy film directed by Vincente Minnelli, adapted from the Broadway musical set in a stylized, exoticized Baghdad.

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Kismet canonical 13

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fantasy film
film
musical film
adaptationType film adaptation of stage musical
artDirectionBy Cedric Gibbons
Urie McCleary
aspect CinemaScope
basedOn Kismet (1911 play)
Kismet (1953 musical)
cinematographyBy Joseph Ruttenberg
colorProcess Eastmancolor
costumeDesignBy Walter Plunkett
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Vincente Minnelli
distributor Loew's Inc.
surface form: Loew's, Inc.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
distributorRegion United States theatrical release
editedBy Harold F. Kress
genre fantasy
musical
hasBroadwaySource Kismet (1953 musical)
surface form: Kismet (1953 Broadway musical)
hasMusicalNumber And This Is My Beloved
Baubles, Bangles and Beads
Stranger in Paradise
language English
musicAdaptedBy George Forrest
Robert Wright
musicBy Alexander Borodin
notableFor adaptation of Broadway musical using Borodin melodies
originalLanguage English
partOf MGM Freed Unit
surface form: MGM Freed Unit musicals
producer Arthur Freed
productionCompany Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
releaseYear 1955
screenplayBy Charles Lederer
Luther Davis
setInCentury Middle Ages
setting Baghdad
settingDescription stylized, exoticized Baghdad
starring Ann Blyth
Dolores Gray
Howard Keel
Monty Woolley
Sebastian Cabot
Vic Damone
title Kismet self-linksurface differs

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Vincente Minnelli directed Kismet
Alfred Drake notableWork Kismet
Kismet title Kismet self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Kismet (1955 film)
Capurro notableWork Kismet
subject surface form: Alfred Drake
Adrienne Fazan notableWork Kismet
Adrienne Fazan workedOn Kismet
Alfred Capurro notableWork Kismet
subject surface form: Alfred Drake
Edward Knoblock wrotePlay Kismet