The Thief of Bagdad

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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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Label Occurrences
The Thief of Bagdad (1924 film) 14
The Thief of Bagdad canonical 9
Ahmed the Thief 1

Statements (49)

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 of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Raoul Walsh ⓘ
distributor United Artists ⓘ
era silent era of Hollywood ⓘ
filmingLocation United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
genre swashbuckler ⓘ
hasFormat 35 mm film ⓘ
hasLegacyStatus landmark of silent cinema ⓘ
influenced later fantasy adventure films ⓘ
swashbuckler genre conventions ⓘ
leadCharacter The Thief of Bagdad self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ

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Douglas Fairbanks → notableWork → The Thief of Bagdad ⓘ
Fairbanks → notableWork → The Thief of Bagdad ⓘ
subject surface form: Douglas Fairbanks
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subject surface form: The Thief of Bagdad (1924 film)
this entity surface form: Ahmed the Thief
Achmed Abdullah → notableWork → The Thief of Bagdad ⓘ
Achmed Abdullah → wroteScreenplayFor → The Thief of Bagdad ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Thief of Bagdad (1924 film)
The Arabian Nights → hasNotableAdaptation → The Thief of Bagdad ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Thief of Bagdad (1924 film)
The Arabian Nights → hasNotableAdaptation → The Thief of Bagdad ⓘ
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Anna May Wong → notableWork → The Thief of Bagdad ⓘ
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Raoul Walsh → notableWork → The Thief of Bagdad ⓘ
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Raoul Walsh → directed → The Thief of Bagdad ⓘ
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William Cameron Menzies → notableWork → The Thief of Bagdad ⓘ
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William Cameron Menzies → artDirected → The Thief of Bagdad ⓘ
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Snitz Edwards → notableWork → The Thief of Bagdad ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Thief of Bagdad (1924 film)
Conrad Veidt → notableWork → The Thief of Bagdad ⓘ
Julanne Johnston → notableWork → The Thief of Bagdad ⓘ
Arthur Edeson → notableWork → The Thief of Bagdad ⓘ
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Arthur Edeson → workedOn → The Thief of Bagdad ⓘ
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Anders Randolf → notableWork → The Thief of Bagdad ⓘ
Fairbanks family → notableWork → The Thief of Bagdad ⓘ
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this entity surface form: The Thief of Bagdad (1924 film)
Wong Liu Tsong → appearedIn → The Thief of Bagdad ⓘ
Noble Johnson → notableWork → The Thief of Bagdad ⓘ
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Jacqueline Logan → notableWork → The Thief of Bagdad ⓘ
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Antonio Moreno → notableWork → The Thief of Bagdad ⓘ
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