A Thousand and One Nights (1945)
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Thousand and One Nights is an occasionally strident but generally successful satire of the popular Universal Jon Hall/Maria Montez epics. Cornel Wilde stars as a twentyish Aladdin, whose magic lamp yields two genies: Collosus-like Rex Ingram (repeated the role he played in 1940's Thief of Baghdad) and ravishing redhead Evelyn Keyes (who, like future TV genie Barbara Eden, was seemingly born without a navel). Wilde uses his new-found wealth and magical powers to woo princess Adele Jergens, but not without the opposition of villainous Dennis Hoey. Phil Silvers plays Wilde's comic sidekick, a man "born 2000 years ahead of his time" who wears glasses, spouts jive-talk ("Slip me some skin, Abdul!") and cracks anachronistic jokes. The final gag in Thousand and One Nights, in which the genie gives Phil Silvers the voice of Frank Sinatra, has been removed from many TV prints. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Cornel Wilde - Aladdin
- Phil Silvers - Abdullah
- Dusty Anderson - Novira
- Dennis Hoey - Sultan Kamar Al-Kir/Prince Hadji
- Gus Schilling - Jafar
- Richard Hale - Kofir, the Sorcerer
- Murray Leonard - Camel Driver
- Pat Parrish - Handmaiden
- Frank Sinatra - [Uncredited]
- Vivian Mason - Exotic Girl
- Charles La Torre - Innkeeper
- Evelyn Keyes - The Genie
- Adele Jergens - Princess Armina
- Rex Ingram - Giant
- Philip Van Zandt - Grand Wazir Abu-Hassan
- Nestor Paiva - Kahim
- John Abbott - Ali, the Tailor
- Carole Mathews - Handmaiden
- Shelley Winters - Handmaiden
- Cy Kendall - Auctioneer
- Dick Botiller - Ramud
- Trevor Bardette - Hasson
- Director(s):
- Alfred E. Green
- Writer(s):
- Richard English, Wilfred H. Pettit, Jack Henley
- Producer(s):
- Sam Bischoff
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