USA, 1937
82m
35mm film, black and white, 1.37:1
mono, English
An American fantasy film directed by David Butler.
Plot Summary
A tramp sneaks onto the set of a new movie being made about the Arabian Nights and falls asleep. He dreams that he goes back in time to ancient Baghdad where he acts as adviser to the Sultan.
Credits
* = uncredited
Crew
Director: David Butler
Twentieth Century Fox
Producer: Darryl F. Zanuck
Associate Producer: Laurence Schwab
Script: Harry Tugend, Jack Yellen
Story: Gene Towne, Graham Baker, Gene Fowler
Director of Photography: Ernest Palmer
Editor: Irene Morra
Music: Louis Silvers
Art Director: Berbard Herzbrun
Dance Director: Sammy Lee
Cast
Eddie Cantor (Al Babson)
Tony Martin (Yusuf)
Roland Young (Sultan)
June Lang (Princess Miriam)
Louise Hovick (Sultana)
John Carradine (Ishak)
Virginia Field (Dinah)
Alan Dinehart (Boland)
Douglass Dumbrille (Prince Musah)
Maurice Cass (Omar)
Warren Hymer, Stanley Fields (tramps)
Douglas Wood (Selim)
Sid Fields (assistant director)
Ferdinand Gottschalk (chief councilor)
Charles Lane (doctor)
Paul Hurst (captain)
Jeni Le Gon (dancer)
Dolores del Rio (guest)
Lee J. Cobb *
Lynn Bari *
Alternative Titles
Ali Baba kommer til byen – Denmark
Alí Babá en la ciudad – Venezuela
Ali Baba tulee kaupunkiin – Finland
Alì Babà va in città – Italy
Links
Extracts included in
The Day of the Locust (1975)
References
Periodicals
- Absurd no.7 – review
- Castle of Frankenstein no.6 p.4
Books
- John Carradine: The Films pp,88-89 by Tom Weaver – illustrated credits, review
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.8 – credits
- Sound Films, 1927-1939: A United States Filmography Volume 1 by Alan G. Fetrow pp.9-10 – credits, review
