A Thousand and One Nights (1945 film)
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| Directed by | Alfred E. Green |
| Produced by | Samuel Bischoff |
| Written by | Wilfred H. Petitt |
| Screenplay by |
Richard English Jack Henley |
| Starring |
Cornel Wilde Evelyn Keyes Phil Silvers Adele Jergens |
| Music by | Marlin Skiles |
| Cinematography | Ray Rennahan |
| Edited by | Gene Havlick |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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93 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
A Thousand and One Nights (1945) is a tongue-in-cheek Technicolor fantasy film set in the Baghdad of the One Thousand and One Nights, starring Cornel Wilde as Aladdin, Evelyn Keyes as the genie of the magic lamp, Phil Silvers as Aladdin's larcenous sidekick, and Adele Jergens as the princess Aladdin loves.
It was nominated for two Academy Awards, for Art Direction, Color (Stephen Goosson, Rudolph Sternad, Frank Tuttle) and Special Effects (Ray Bomba and Lawrence W. Butler).
Vagabond singer Aladdin (Cornel Wilde) has his hands full keeping his pickpocket friend, Abdullah (Phil Silvers), out of trouble. Abdullah is thought mad as he claims to have been born 1200 years too early, speaks in 1940s slang and knows about television.
When the beautiful Princess Armina (Adele Jergens), the daughter of the Sultan (Dennis Hoey), is borne through the streets in a covered litter, however, it is Aladdin who gets into difficulty. Despite knowing the punishment is death for a commoner to see the princess's face, Aladdin cannot resist. He distracts the guards and slips into the litter. He persuades Armina to let her veil be lifted and is delighted to discover the stories of her beauty are true. He falls in love instantly. She is not so enamored of him, but does not raise an outcry when he slips away.
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