The Thief of Bagdad

The Thief of Bagdad is a 1924 silent movie. It was directed by Raoul Walsh. It stars Douglas Fairbanks. The plot was adapted from One Thousand and One Nights. The movie is about a thief who falls in love with the daughter of the Caliph of Baghdad. Fairbanks was very athletic. This movie provided many moments for gymnastics.Whitford p. 160.  The movie was Fairbanks's favorite among all his movies.

Thief gave Fairbanks a new direction. He was a comedy star, but after this movie he became a "swashbuckler". The movie had many special effects such as flying carpets and monsters and magical Djinn. The Arabian-style set was huge. The movie was remade twice: once in 1940 with Sabu and then in 1961 with Steve Reeves. The Fairbanks version was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry in 1996.The Thief of Bagdad at silentera.com database

 References 

 Whitford, Eileen. 2007. Pickford: The Woman Who Made Hollywood. The University Press of Kentucky. .

 Other websites 

 The Thief of Bagdad at Rotten Tomatoes

Category:American silent movies
Category:1924 movies
Category:1920s epic movies
Category:1920s fantasy movies
Category:American fantasy movies
Category:Swashbuckler movies
Category:Movies directed by Raoul Walsh
Category:Movies set in Iraq