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- BFI identifier301389
- Date1940 (Copyright)
1940-12-25 (Release) - Production countryUnited Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisScreenplay by Lajos Biro and Miles Malleson. Fantasy adventures in traditional Baghdad and the triumph of the rightful king over the wicked Vizier and his winning of the Sultan's beautiful daughter. (Synopsis)
- Work historyMajority of filming undertaken in Britain, but completed in the US.
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Title
The Thief of Bagdad An Arabian Fantasy in Technicolor (Original)
The Thief of Bagdad (Alternative)
The Thief of Baghdad (Help search)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/EAEF-C739-81B9-D9C6-F25E-OCategory
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
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35mm Colour Positive - Acetate - Combined - Viewing
35mm Colour Positive - Safety - Combined - Viewing
35mm Colour Positive - Safety - Combined - Viewing
35mm Colour Positive - CTA - Combined - Viewing
35mm Colour Positive - Polyester - Combined - Viewing
Digital Betacam - Video - Viewing
VHS cassette - Video - Viewing
view all - Scripts / DocumentsScript - Script type: Second rough dialogue treatment, by James Bridie - SCR-17271
Script - Script type: Dialogue continuity - SCR-17272
Script - Script type: Dialogue script - SCR-17273
Script - Script type: Shooting script - SCR-17274
Script - Script type: Release script (as sent to America) - SCR-17275
Medium pressbook held. For example of publicity see NASREEN KABIR Collection.
view all - Posters / DesignsDesign: costume - Bound sketchbook including five loose sketches - PD-17301
Poster: film - Single Sheet, Landscape, 1017mm X 763mm UK Poster. An early example of the horizontal 40 x 30 inch format poster adopted by Alexander Korda and London Films. Signed "Rowe" bottom right hand corner. - PD-620
Poster: film - Single sheet portrait ReRealse poster created by Carlton in 1992. - PD-19604
view all - StillsPhotograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00o-8t8
Photograph: print - Portrait - Black and White - bfi-00o-8t7
Photograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00n-v7s
Photograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00n-v7r
Photograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00n-v7q
view all - ArticlesRadio Times 21 Jun 2008 - ArticleEmpire n38 August 1992 - ReviewÉcran Fantastique n18 1981 - Interviewview all
- Digital documentsBFI Southbank Programme Notes January 2019
BFI Southbank Programme Notes January 2019
available to view in BFI Reuben Library
- +The Thief of Bagdad An Arabian Fantasy in Technicolor
Work - 301389 - 1940 (Copyright)
United Kingdom - Film - Fiction
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