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Auction History Result 4h923 THIEF OF BAGDAD 1sh R47 best different art of Sabu on flying carpet & giant smiling Genie! Date Sold 3/24/2009 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A 1947 Re-release Vintage Theatrical Folded One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41") (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. Condition: fair to good. There are many small circular brown water stains scattered down the center of the poster with a few drip stains as well. There are brown stains across the bottom border of the poster and some smudges in the right of the title. The bottom quarter of the vertical foldline is entirely separated with some tears and tiny areas of paper loss. There is small paper loss and separation at the top two crossfolds. There are many pinholes around the edges of the poster. This poster has many defects. If the brown staining can be removed through chemical means, then the poster can be linenbacked without much paint restoration in the image. If the brown stains can't be removed through chemical means, then the poster will require a fair amount of paint restoration in those exact areas. Either way, this really cool poster (which I have never seen before!) will look great after proper restoration! Learn More about condition grades 
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