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A Thousand and One Nights is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Alfred E. Green released in USA on 20 july 1945 with Cornel Wilde
A Thousand and One Nights (1945)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 20 july 1945
Length 1h33
Directed by Alfred E. Green
OriginUSA
Themes Children's films
Rating59%
A Thousand and One Nights (1945) is a tongue-in-cheek Technicolor fantasy film set in the Baghdad of the One Thousand and One Nights, starring Cornel Wilde as Aladdin, Evelyn Keyes as the genie of the magic lamp, Phil Silvers as Aladdin's larcenous sidekick, and Adele Jergens as the princess Aladdin loves.
It was nominated for two Academy Awards, for Art Direction, Color (Stephen Goosson, Rudolph Sternad, Frank Tuttle) and Special Effects (Ray Bomba and Lawrence W. Butler).
Synopsis
Vagabond singer Aladdin (Cornel Wilde) has his hands full keeping his pickpocket friend, Abdullah (Phil Silvers), out of trouble. Abdullah is thought mad as he claims to have been born 1200 years too early, speaks in 1940s slang and knows about television.Actors
Cornel Wilde
(Aladdin)
Evelyn Keyes
(Babs The Genie)
Phil Silvers
(Abdullah)
Adele Jergens
(Princess Armina)
Dusty Anderson
(Novira)
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