The Thief of Bagdad

One of the most imaginative of all silent movies, The Thief of Bagdad is a dazzling Arabian Nights adventure fantasy set in the city of Bagdad and one of the most imaginative of all silent movies. Featuring silent film score maestro Carl Davis conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra, performing a magnificent score that intermingles Davis' own music with the iconic Orientalia of Rimsky-Korsakov.

The elaborate and lush backgrounds, the massive sets by William Cameron Menzies, who would later design GONE WITH THE WIND, have an expressionist quality unique for American films of the time. Fairbanks is at his lightest and most impudent best as the dashing Ahmed, the thief who wins a princess.

USA | English | 1924 | 140 min | 4K Restored