The Thief of Bagdad

E2427

adventure film fantasy film feature film silent film

The Thief of Bagdad is a landmark 1924 silent fantasy adventure film starring Douglas Fairbanks, celebrated for its lavish special effects, grand set design, and influential swashbuckling style.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	adventure film → fantasy film → feature film → silent film →
artDirectionBy	William Cameron Menzies →
basedOn	The Arabian Nights →
cinematographyBy	Arthur Edeson →
colorProcess	tinted black-and-white →
costumeDesigner	Mitchell Leisen →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
director	Raoul Walsh →
distributor	United Artists →
era	silent era of Hollywood →
filmingLocation	United States →
genre	swashbuckler →
hasFormat	35 mm film →
hasLegacyStatus	landmark of silent cinema →
influenced	later fantasy adventure films → swashbuckler genre conventions →
leadCharacter	Ahmed the Thief →
musicBy	Mortimer Wilson →
narrativeTheme	magic and fantasy → redemption → romantic adventure →
notableFor	grand set design → influential swashbuckling style → lavish special effects →
originalLanguage	Silent film with English intertitles →
portrays	fantastical flying carpet → giant monsters → magic rope → underwater sequences →
producer	Douglas Fairbanks →
productionCompany	Douglas Fairbanks Pictures Corporation →
releaseDate	March 18, 1924 →
releaseYear	1924 →
runtime	approximately 155 minutes →
screenwriter	Achmed Abdullah → Douglas Fairbanks → Lotus Long →
setDesigner	William Cameron Menzies →
setIn	Baghdad →
starring	Anna May Wong → Douglas Fairbanks → Julanne Johnston → Snitz Edwards → Sojin Kamiyama →
starVehicleFor	Douglas Fairbanks →
timePeriodDepicted	mythic past →

Referenced by (21)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Achmed Abdullah → Anders Randolf → Anna May Wong → Arthur Edeson ("The Thief of Bagdad (1924 film)") → Conrad Veidt → Douglas Fairbanks → Douglas Fairbanks → Douglas Fairbanks ("The Thief of Bagdad (1924 film)") → Julanne Johnston → Raoul Walsh ("The Thief of Bagdad (1924 film)") → Snitz Edwards ("The Thief of Bagdad (1924 film)") → William Cameron Menzies ("The Thief of Bagdad (1924 film)") →	notableWork
The Arabian Nights ("The Thief of Bagdad (1924 film)") → The Arabian Nights ("The Thief of Bagdad (1940 film)") →	hasNotableAdaptation
Wong Liu Tsong →	appearedIn
William Cameron Menzies ("The Thief of Bagdad (1924 film)") →	artDirected
Raoul Walsh ("The Thief of Bagdad (1924 film)") →	directed
The Thief of Bagdad (1924 film) ("Ahmed the Thief") →	leadCharacter
Anna May Wong →	starredIn
Arthur Edeson ("The Thief of Bagdad (1924 film)") →	workedOn
Achmed Abdullah ("The Thief of Bagdad (1924 film)") →	wroteScreenplayFor