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Arabian%20Nights%20(Universal%20Cinema%20Classics) (John%20Rawlins)

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020 -INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER

a ISBN B-00-0KGGJ1-8

040 -CATALOGING SOURCE

a Original cataloging agency NEU GrandLibrary

041 -LANGUAGE CODE

a Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng

050 -LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER

a Classification number DVD 005180

100 -MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME

a Personal name John Rawlins

245 -TITLE STATEMENT

a Title Arabian Nights (Universal Cinema Classics)

h Medium DVD

260 -PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)

b Name of publisher, distributor, etc Universal Studios

c Date of publication, distribution, etc 1942

300 -PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

a Extent 1 DVD

306 -PLAYING TIME

a Playing time 87 min.

500 -GENERAL NOTE

a General note Warning: Technicolor silliness ahead, as Universal's nutty series of turban-and-camel movies comes into view. Arabian Nights was the first of these confections, and after it became a big wartime hit it spawned a series of follow-ups, most of them starring some combination of Maria Montez, Jon Hall, Sabu, and Turhan Bey. The story is nonsense, with Hall as a deposed caliph battling his half-brother (Leif Erickson) while remaining incognito amongst a group of traveling players. Montez plays dancing vixen Scheherazade, and her crazy costumes and limited acting range give ample evidence for her later enshrinement as a camp icon. The film's level of seriousness is aptly demonstrated by the casting of Shemp Howard (of the Three Stooges--like there's another Shemp Howard?) as Sinbad; John Qualen plays Aladdin, and vaudeville pro Billy Gilbert plays the leader of the troupe. Coming off best is Sabu, the young star of The Thief of Baghdad and The Jungle Book, whose innate likability is infectious even in these inane circumstances. Arabian Nights probably isn't the most fun of these movies; check out Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves and Robert Siodmak's crazed Cobra Woman, too. They work on two fronts: family-movie fodder and high camp. --Robert Horton

546 -LANGUAGE NOTE

a Language note Languages: English

a Language note Subtitles: Turkish

650 -SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Kids

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Family

650 -SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Drama

650 -SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Adventure

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Action