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THIEF OF BAGDAD ('40) THIEF OF BAGDAD ('40) French large OR search current auctions Auction History Result 4j068 THIEF OF BAGDAD French 31x47 R50s different art of Sabu stealing fruit & on magic carpet! Date Sold 12/8/2013 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Undated (probably 1950s) Re-Release Vintage Theatrical Folded French Large Movie Poster (31x47; measures 31 1/4" x 47 1/4" [79 x 120 cm]) (Learn More) The Thief of Bagdad, the classic 1940 Ludwig Berger, Michael Powell & Tim Whelan English Arabia Iraq romantic love triangle magic adventure fantasy thriller ("Thrill to the marvel picture of the year!"; "Three brave hearts... adventuring in a wonder world"; "Adventure of the masked men!"; "Adventure of the wonderful web!"; "Adventure of the all-seeing eye!"; "Never before such a screen thrill! ...two years to film, a fortune to produce... Alexander Korda's greatest achievement!"; "One thousand and one sights from the thousand of one nights...."; "Sir Alexander Korda's masterpiece of fantasy and adventure."; "Gigantic! The wonder picture of all time!"; "He fought the world to hold her loveliness within his daring arms!"; "The adventure of the masked magician!"; "The adventure of the all-seeing eye!"; "The adventure of the wonderful web!"; "In magic Technicolor!"; "produced in England and the U.S. by Alexander Korda with wondrous special effects by Lawrence W. Butler and Tom Howard, and great art direction by William Cameron Menzies") starring Conrad Veidt (memorable as Jaffar), Sabu Dastagir ("Sabu, famous star of screen hits 'Elephant Boy' and 'Drums' as the daring Thief of Baghdad... living, fighting, adventuring in a magic world!"; billed as "Sabu", as he was in all his movies; as Abu the thief, son of Abu the thief, grandson of Abu the thief, etc.!), June Duprez (as the princess), John Justin (as Ahmad), Rex Ingram (sensational as The Genie!), Mary Morris (as Halima, the animated statue!), Miles Malleson (as the Sultan of Basra), Morton Selten (as the old king), and Allan Jeayes (as the narrator). Note that this movie featured sensational "special effects" for its day, and had several wonderful sequences that looked like they required the building of massive sets, yet in most cases, matte paintings created the illusion of those massive sets! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that this poster is somewhat of a mystery. It is extremely similar to the French poster that we surely believe to be from the first French release in 1946, but it has differences, and the printer seems to be one that printed more in the 1950s, so we think it is likely that this is a re-release from the early 1950s. However, we have also seen French posters where there is one version that was done for big cities and another for the provinces, and it is possible that this poster is first release, but that it was done for the provinces. If anyone knows more about this poster, please e-mail us and we will post it here. Condition: good. The poster had a rectangular snipe attached to the top right, and it is no longer there. However, the rest of the poster darkened, except for the area under the snipe, so there is now a rectangular area there and it also shows how much the poster has darkened. There are also circles from tack holes around the edges, and those too have not darkened as the rest of the poster has. Someone took many small pieces of white tape and put them on the back of the tack holes, and also on the back of small separation and tiny areas of paper loss. Learn More about condition grades 
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