1924 · adventure · fantasy · silent
The Thief of Bagdad
Directed by Raoul Walsh2h 29m1924
A recalcitrant thief vies with a duplicitous Mongol ruler for the hand of a beautiful princess.
Our read: The Thief of Bagdad (1924) reads as a cosy, kinetic, inventive adventure · fantasy · silent entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, kinetic, measured adventure / fantasy, inventive in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, measured.
- cosy
- brisk
- redemptive
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