Movie Cosmos - Arabian Nights

Description:

Two half brothers battle each other for the power of the throne and the love of sensual, gorgeous dancing girl Scheherazade.

Top Cast >

Jon Hall

As Haroun-Al-Raschid

Maria Montez

As Sherazade

Sabu

As Ali Ben Ali

Leif Erickson

As Kamar (as Leif Erikson)

Billy Gilbert

As Ahmad

Edgar Barrier

As Nadan

Richard Lane

As Corporal

Turhan Bey

As Captain of the Guard

John Qualen

As Aladdin

Shemp Howard

As Sinbad

William 'Wee Willie' Davis

As Valda

Thomas Gomez

As Hakim

Jeni Le Gon

As Dresser

Robert Greig

As Eunuch

Charles Coleman

As Eunuch

Adia Kuznetzoff

As Slaver

Emory Parnell

As Harem Sentry

Harry Cording

As Blacksmith

Robin Raymond

As Slave Girl

Carmen D'Antonio

As Harem Girl

Cordell Hickman

As Black Boy (uncredited)

Acquanetta

As Ishya (uncredited)

Robert Barron

As Bidder (uncredited)

Suzanne Ridgway

As Harem Girl (uncredited)

Duke York

As Archer (uncredited)

Elyse Knox

As Slave Girl (uncredited)

Ken Christy

As Provost Marshal (uncredited)

Frances Gladwin

As Harem Girl (uncredited)

Frank Lackteen

As Bidder (uncredited)

Kermit Maynard

As Guard (uncredited)

Pat Starling

As Harem Girl (uncredited)

Amzie Strickland

As Harem Girl (uncredited)

Al Haskell

As Bearded Bidder (uncredited)

Top Crew >

John Rawlins

Director

Michael Hogan

Screenplay, Story

Walter Wanger

Producer

William V. Skall

Assistant Director of Photography

Natalie Kalmus

Color Designer

Jamiel Hasson

Technical Advisor

Ira Webb

Assistant Set Decoration

W. Howard Greene

Assistant Director of Photography

Jack Otterson

Production Design

Russell A. Gausman

Set Decoration

Charles Previn

Music Director

Philip Cahn

Editor

Alexander Golitzen

Production Design

Vera West

Costume Design

Milton Krasner

Director of Photography

Bernard B. Brown

Sound Director

Frank Skinner

Original Music Composer

Fred Frank

Assistant Director

William R. Fox

Sound

True Eames Boardman

Additional Dialogue

Reviews:

CinemaSerf (6/10)

The Caliph of Baghdad tries to flee the invading hordes with his young son - but at the point of escape is betrayed by his ambitious brother and killed. The boy (Sabu) however, manages to escape and ends up with a troupe of travelling performers including the beautiful "Sherazade" (Maria Montez) and sets about reclaiming what is rightfully his. It's a bit of a hybrid of many Arabian Nights style stories this one, Aladdin and Sinbad feature at various stages, but has lots of sword fights, plenty of lavish costumes and sets, and flows well enough towards a fairly predictable ending - even if Montez sounds much more masculine that almost anyone else in this film. Not much by way intelligent dialogue, but still enjoyable enough to share (?) a box of Turkish delight over...

2022-06-26