Arabian Nights (1942)

Director:

John Rawlins

Writers:

True Boardman (additional dialogue)
Michael Hogan (screenplay)
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Release Date:

25 diciembre 1942 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure

Frase comercial:

Dashing Thieves of Baghdad...riding out of the magic and splendor of

Plot:

Dancer Sherazade was told by the stars that she will become wife of the kalif in Bagdad. She tells Kamar...

Plot Keywords:

Beautiful Woman | Dancer | Arabian

Awards:

Nominated for 4 Oscars.

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Good old mindless fun

Cast

Sabu	...	Ali Ben Ali
Jon Hall	...	Haroun-Al-Raschid
Maria Montez	...	Scheherazade
Leif Erickson	...	Kamar (as Leif Erikson)
Billy Gilbert	...	Ahmad
Edgar Barrier	...	Nadan
Richard Lane	...	Corporal
Turhan Bey	...	Captain of the Guard
John Qualen	...	Aladdin
Shemp Howard	...	Sinbad
William 'Wee Willie' Davis	...	Valda
Thomas Gomez	...	Hakim
Jeni Le Gon	...	Dresser / Dancer's Maid
Robert Greig	...	Eunuch
Charles Coleman	...	Eunuch
Adia Kuznetzoff	...	Slaver / Auctioneer
Emory Parnell	...	Harem sentry
Harry Cording	...	Blacksmith
Robin Raymond	...	Slave girl
Carmen D'Antonio	...	Harem girl
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Acquanetta	...	Ishya (uncredited)
Carlos Alvarado	...	Officer (uncredited)
Daniel Barone	...	Tumbler (uncredited)
Robert Barron	...	Bidder (uncredited)
John Berkes	...	Blind beggar (uncredited)
Anthony Blair	...	Bidder (uncredited)
Linda Brent	...	Harem girl (uncredited)
Lane Chandler	...	Majordomo (uncredited)
André Charlot	...	Bidder (uncredited)
Ken Christy	...	Provost Marshal (uncredited)
Paul Clayton	...	Black boy (uncredited)
Rosemary Dempsey	...	Harem girl (uncredited)
June Ealey	...	Harem girl (uncredited)
Virginia Engels	...	Harem girl (uncredited)
Phyllis Forbes	...	Virgin (uncredited)
Frances Gladwin	...	Harem girl (uncredited)
Amador Gutierrez	...	Tumbler (uncredited)
Eloise Hardt	...	Virgin (uncredited)
Al Haskell	...	Bearded bidder (uncredited)
Jamiel Hasson	...	Officer (uncredited)
Cordell Hickman	...	Black boy (uncredited)
Elyse Knox	...	Duenna (uncredited)
Frank Lackteen	...	Bidder (uncredited)
Patsy Mace	...	Harem girl (uncredited)
Murdock MacQuarrie	...	Bidder (uncredited)
Edward Marmolejo	...	Tumbler (uncredited)
Kermit Maynard	...	Guard (uncredited)
Kathleen McCormack	...	Harem girl (uncredited)
Art Miles	...	Bidder (uncredited)
Mary Moore	...	Harem girl (uncredited)
Alice Neilson	...	Harem girl (uncredited)
Veronica Pataky	...	Harem girl (uncredited)
Helen Pender	...	Virgin (uncredited)
Eva Puig	...	Old woman (uncredited)
Rebel Randall	...	Harem girl (uncredited)
Suzanne Ridgeway	...	Harem girl (uncredited)
Nedra Sanders	...	Harem girl (uncredited)
Peggy Satterlee	...	Virgin (uncredited)
Mickey Simpson	...	Hangman (uncredited)
Pat Starling	...	Harem girl (uncredited)
Nick Thompson	...	Bearded bidder (uncredited)
Jean Trent	...	Harem girl (uncredited)
Ben Ayassa Wadrassi	...	Tumbler (uncredited)
Crane Whitley	...	Officer (uncredited)
Ernest Whitman	...	Nubian slave (uncredited)
Duke York	...	Archer (uncredited)

Dirigida por
John Rawlins

Créditos del guión (in alphabetical order)
True Boardman		additional dialogue
Michael Hogan		screenplay
Michael Hogan		story

Producida por
Walter Wanger	....	producer

Música original por
Frank Skinner

Fotografía por
Milton R. Krasner		(as Milton Krasner)

Montaje por
Philip Cahn

Dirección artística
Alexander Golitzen
Jack Otterson

Decorados
Russell A. Gausman		(as R.A. Gausman)
Ira Webb		(as Ira S. Webb)

Diseño de vestuario por
Vera West		(costumes: women)

Ayudante de dirección
Fred Frank	....	assistant director
Ford Beebe	....	second unit director (uncredited)

Art Department
Dorothea Holt	....	illustrator

Departamento de sonido
Bernard B. Brown	....	sound supervisor
William R. Fox	....	sound

Especialistas
David Sharpe	....	stunt double: Sabu (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
W. Howard Greene	....	associate cinematographer
William V. Skall	....	associate cinematographer

Music Department
Charles Previn	....	musical director

Otros miembros del equipo
Jamiel Hasson	....	technical advisor
Natalie Kalmus	....	color advisor: Technicolor

Production Companies

• Universal Pictures

Distributors

• Universal Pictures (1942) (USA) (theatrical)
• Film Classics (1950) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
• MCA/Universal Home Video (1993) (USA) (VHS)
• Universal Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)

También conocida como:

Mil y una noches, Las (Spain) [es]

Duración:

86 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Clasificación:

USA:Approved | Finland:S | Germany:12 | Sweden:15 | USA:Unrated

Filming Locations:

Kanab, Utah, USA

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivialidades:

This film marks the first use of 3-strip Technicolor by Universal.

Quotes:

Kamar: [to Captain of the Guard] Son of infamy! Every bone in your body shall be broken if you continue to defy me!

Movie Connections:

Featured in Rock Hudson's Home Movies (1992)

Good old mindless fun

Provided you really don't know or want to know the real tale of Scheherazade, then you'll no doubt enjoy this film. The actual book, "The Arabian Nights" (also known as "The Book of One Thousand and One Nights"), was supposedly written by Princess Scheherazade and consists of many short stories she supposedly invented each night in order to save her life from her crazy husband. In this movie there is no reference to this and apart from some of the names of characters from the book (such as Sinbad and Ali Baba), there isn't much similarity between them. Additionally, if you think too much and question the silliness of it all, you'll probably hate the film since it is purely an escapist style film--not too much unlike a movie serial condensed into 90 minutes. As for me, I enjoyed the silly escapism and learned to ignore all the mistakes in the film and the rather limp love affair between Maria Montez and Jon Hall . It was nearly non-stop action and fun--complete with perhaps a bit too much slapstick provided by the very large stomach of Billy Gilbert. However, I did enjoy the references to Sinbad and Ali Baba--especially because over and over, Ali (John Qualen) would grab every lamp he found and rubbed it furiously hoping for a genie. Also, it was nice to see Shemp Howard in one of his many appearances before going on to replace his brother, Curley, as a Stooge.

If you liked this silly adventure film, try watching Hall and Montez in COBRA WOMAN or Sabu in THE THIEF OF BAGHDAD--both of which are better than ARABIAN NIGHTS.