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Douglas Fairbanks as the Thief and Julanne Johnston as the Princess ride a flying carpet above a cityscape in a special effects scene from the 1924 silent film The Thief of Bagdad. Fairbanks, Douglas Anna May Wong poses in a studio portrait from 1929, wearing a decorative cap and embroidered dress, looking directly at the camera.
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Douglas Fairbanks as the Thief and Julanne Johnston as the Princess ride a flying carpet above a cityscape in a special effects scene from the 1924 silent film The Thief of Bagdad.
The Thief of Bagdad Douglas Fairbanks and Julanne Johnston in The Thief of Bagdad (1924), directed by Raoul Walsh.

The Thief of Bagdad

film by Walsh [1924]
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The Thief of Bagdad, American silent swashbuckling film, released in 1924, that cemented Douglas Fairbanksā€™s reputation as a matinee idol. (Read Martin Scorseseā€™s Britannica essay on film preservation.) To win the hand of the caliph of Bagdadā€™s daughter (played by Julanne Johnston), a thief (Fairbanks) embarks on a dangerous and mystical journey to secure the most desirable treasure imaginable. The film was a popular success, and Fairbanks made women swoon as one of the screenā€™s...

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