Mar 7th  
The Thief of Bagdad**  
(US 1924)
126m. bw. silent

An agile thief wins the hand of the Caliph's daughter as well as defending the city from a Mongol invasion.
Lavish Fairbanks fantasy in which much of the interest and imagination is to be found in the latter half of the film.

Written by: Achmed Abdullah, Lotta Woods, Douglas Fairbanks.
Producer: Douglas Fairbanks.
Director: Raoul Walsh.
Starring: Douglas Fairbanks, Julianne Johnston, Snitz Edwards, Sojin Kaniyama, Charles Belcher, Anna May Wong, Brandon Hurst, Noble Johnson.
Photography: Arthur Edeson.
Production Design: William Cameron Menzies.

Music Composer/Conductor: Carl Davis.

Preceded by:
The New Cardinal*
(Czech 2024. 10m.; Identical twin brothers, one a priest and the other a strip club owner, come to terms with each other's role in life.; w, d: Matej Stepan; s: Scott Sophos, Diana Dulinkova. ph: Ales Svoboda.)

THE THIEF OF BAGDAD (1924). In many ways the Tom Cruise of his day (and more), Douglas Fairbanks was able to command huge sets and special effects for his specially tailored star action vehicles.