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A recalcitrant thief vies with a duplicitous Mongol ruler for the hand of a beautiful princess. Directed by Raoul Walsh. Starring Douglas Fairbanks, Snitz Edwards in the lead roles.
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A recalcitrant thief vies with a duplicitous Mongol ruler for the hand of a beautiful princess. Directed by Raoul Walsh. Starring Douglas Fairbanks, Snitz Edwards in the lead roles.
Best Entertaining Film | 1926 | Raoul
Budget 1,135,654 USD
Box Office Collection 1,490,419 USD
For the flying carpet effect, Douglas Fairbanks stood on a 3/4-inch thick sheet of steel attached to 16 piano wires and rigged to the top of a crane, which lifted him above the crowd.
In some prints, Mathilde Comont is credited as M. Comont to keep her sex a secret. However, in several scenes in the film it is very obvious that the Persian Prince is being played by a woman.
For the scenes in the underwater mermaid kingdom, Douglas Fairbanks had the cameras shoot through a curtain of thin gauze, to give the illusion that the Thief was swimming underwater. The mermaid kingdom scenes were then tinted blue in post-production.
In the scenes with the giant ape, the guards are played by children. When the ape is out of sight the guards are played by adults. It was done to make the normal-sized ape appear bigger.
For the early scene where the Thief leaps in and out of the giant clay pots in the marketplace, Douglas Fairbanks had small trampolines placed inside each pot, allowing him to bounce easily from pot to pot.
"The Thief of Bagdad: I am not a prince. I am less than the slave who serves you-a wretched outcast-a thief. What I wanted, I took. I wanted you-I tried to take you-But when I held you in my arms-the very world did change. The evil within me died. I can bear a thousand tortures, endure a thousand deaths-but not thy tears. Guard: This Arab Prince is but a thief. Seek him out! The Princess: Quick! Hide thyself. If thou art found with me, they will be merciless. I love you."
"The Princess: He's fat and gross as if he fed on lard."
