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Douglas Fairbanks, Snitz Edwards, Charles Belcher

The thief will steal the gold from your purse; the food from your house; or the magic rope. Whatever he wants, he takes and he has decided to steal from the Caliph - until he sees the Princess. He los...( read more  read more... )es his heart to her and disguises himself as Prince Ahmed - one of four royal suitors for her hand. When she picks him, he is overcome and confesses to his true nature which gets him flogged and thrown out of the palace. But he can yet win the Princess as all the suitors travel to find the rarest of treasures. His trip is fraught with danger as he competes against the magic carpet brought by the Prince of Persia, the magic crystal stolen by the Prince of India and the magic apple taken by the Mongol Prince - who desires the Princess and the city of Bagdad.

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Unrated, 155 min.

Directed by: Raoul Walsh

Release Date: March 18, 1924

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DVD Release Date: January 7, 1998

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  • benjaminguilbert2
    August 11, 2008
    benjaminguilbert2
    Just great. How did they managed to create all these images?
  • groaningbitch
    March 10, 2008
    groaningbitch
    silent "thief of bagdad" is raoul walsh's lush classic with original swashbuckler douglas fairbanks in the imaginatively turbulent exotic land of arab...it is intertwined with the bizarre outlandishness of persia, india, china as well as the essence of arab under intepretation of...( read more) the primary stage of hollywood aesthetism. the visuality is mythically expressionistic thrived with every stroke of riotous imageries, such as the prophetic magic crystal upon the pupil of indian buddha with multiple hands, the swirling marine palace with mermaids, the flaming caves within the moon and the mongol eccentric courtesies.....of course, it also includes the cameos of the first chinese american hollywood star, anna may wong as the undercover mongolian slavegirl who doublecrosses the princess. inevitablly chineses are the ultimate villains douglas fairbanks have to confront then conquer.

    fairbanks stars as the title role, theif of bagdad, who is a frivolous but resourceful man abiding upon the life philosophy of grasping everything he wants at once...an incorrigible crook who lives for his own pleasure...he enjoys his unrepetant thieveries until his arms are set upon the fair chaste princess of bagdad, so he gotta earn himself a honour of prince by seeking the rarest treasure on earth seperately with his competitors: princes of persia, india, and mongol...how shall he overwhelm the persian flying carpet, indian crystal ball and mongolian healing golden apple?

    eventually chinese mongols are the evil ones who entrap the princess then besiege bagdad with insidious ambush...the odd thing is mongols are all dressed in the constumes of merchurian dynasty in the last century of china as if it's whimsical pastiche of silent hollywood with all the background extravagenza which functions highly upon human endeavor in the age without CGI...the result might be blatantly exposable but still a granduer visual feast....most of all, our athletic swashbuckler douglas fairbanks is flamboyantly dashing enough to live up as the fearless romantic hero.

    "theif of bagdad" is somehow the best exemplification of the so called "american orientialism" with a distorted image upon the east by dismissing it as "primitive, slavish, exotic, manipulative, and amoral," particularly upon china. arab, persia, india and china are all "orient" by the ancient definition of the occident, so " the more eastern the more twisted" would be the principle to comply. personally, as what i mentioned before upon "the shanghai gesture," at least being "primitive, slavish, exotic, manipulative, and amoral" is still uncompromisingly edgy with its luring characteristics. so far, the coolest asian hollywood star to me is still anna may wong with her quirky orientalness blended in the sensuality which populates in 20s~40s.
  • pier007
    December 28, 2007
    pier007
    My favorite version of the Arabian nights tale is this wonderful, timeless epic fantasy with a great acrobatic performance by Douglas Fairbanks. magical ride for all of us who are still kids.
  • Dracula787
    February 22, 2008
    Dracula787
    An early example of a fantasy adventure, starring the silent film star Douglass Fairbanks. An early work from director Raoul Walsh, who would go on to have a very long and prestigious career in the early studio system well into the 1950s. I could really see the roots of Indiana...( read more) Jones here, this is exactly the kind of pulpy adventure that inspired that character. Still the story telling isn?t brilliant and most of the movie didn?t quite live up to the great first twenty minutes or so. It sort of seems like they tried to fill the film with too much? stuff, it can never dwell on any one cool thing as it keeps moving on to other things too quickly. I sort of got the feeling this is sort of the silent equivalent of a Roland Emmeich movie, I don?t mean that as an insult so much as a description. I?m sure it was a major spectacle at the time, but plotwise it?s a bit iffy. Still I liked watching it and its definitely a great time capsule. I?ve heard the 1940 remake is even better, and I?ll definitely check that out when Criterion puts it out on DVD.
  • ElCochran90
    September 17, 2009
    ElCochran90
    Douglas Fairbanks was the best for the role. This family oriented classic fantasy tale considers every essential element in storytelling for the big screen. A classic and tender gem with lots of fantasy and romance.

    80/100
  • captian0072002
    December 10, 2008
    captian0072002
    if u want to learn how to steal just watch it
  • Ghw12158
    October 3, 2008
    Ghw12158
    not bad for a silent
  • placeinthesun455
    June 28, 2008
    placeinthesun455
    a sensational, visually arresting silent fantasy epic. outlandish, impractical, and exaggerated, but nonetheless captivating entertainment. a technical gem of any movie era and a really fun way to spend 2 and a half hours.
  • ncarrasco90
    April 23, 2008
    ncarrasco90
    una de las mejores peliculas de aventuras q he visto en mi vida, a pesar de ser muda. se la recomiendo a todos.
  • aneslin85
    February 29, 2008
    aneslin85
    buhahaha hahaha hahaha

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