I actually own this and almost every other vintage Arabian nights and sword and sandal. Silly as all get but that was the design. Total escapist adventure, corny dialoge, process shots, great set design and decor, dancing harem girls who look like they were freshly choreographed by bugsy Berkeley all in it's technicolor glory Saturday matinee at it's crowning best. If you like this try One thousand and one Arabian nights (1945) with cornell wilde. 😂
There is an Arabian fantasy film I cannot remember the title ? it starred Phil Silvers what interesting about this movie Rex Ingram revised his role as the Genie ( the one he played in The Thief of Baghdad 1940 - the Alexander Korda film )
Agree. I’m a fan of “ quality” cinema and some movies show that in different ways. This fulfills its objective. It was never meant to be the next Casablanca or gone with the wind. It’s escapist entertainment. But…I really can’t get my head around Lucile balls popularity. She’s not funny! But that’s just me 😊
Ditto. Now that I'm retired and divorced, I start my day by watching an old movie, if I can. I love that feel-good nostalgia that reminds me of watching the Saturday and Sunday afternoon matinees on TV, when I was a kid. It's so great that so many of them are available on youtube.
@@VeronicaW-e3dBen hur is on here that’s a great old Sunday afternoon movie to watch it always reminds me as a kid having Sunday roast and sitting down with my family watching these old movies . The Good old days 😂😂
Very entertaining, almost a farse between the sets, the tablecloth head wear, and Raymond Burr wearing three giant pearls over his signature scowl! Who doesn't love Lucy, especially when she plays haughty and serious?
Raymond Burr + Lucille Ball in the same film?! Loved this. Thanks for introducing me to this wonderful gem of a movie. AND - "Abner Kravitz" as Razi, one of the Scarlet Falcon's crew!! I had to keep from laughing too hard.
Thank you, I have seen many of these kinds of movies but never this one. One of my favs was the 1961 version of The Thief of Baghdad with Steve Reeves. I came across it after watching his peplum films and it’s well worth a watch.
Only in Hollywood in the late '40s \ early '50s... The hero is "The Scarlett Falcon," wearing his signature all scarlet robes, scampers around in broad daylight, without being detected. The same era that spawned a character who needed only a pair of glasses and mild manners to hide the fact that he was Superman. Ah, the era of dreams and fantasy...😊
This movie premiered 3 days in 1951 after the I Love Lucy show first aired on TV. I wasn't aware how incredibly old the series is. Perhaps the oldest continuing syndicated series ever. "ohh loosee...!!!"
1951 was the date on this corny old film ! So glad Lucy did more worthwhile projects, before and since.😊. Her physical comedy and very expressive face gave us a huge amount of entertainment. Saw a documentary about her life, and near the end, she seemed bitter : sad it didn't turn out as well as hoped...😢💙 : Lucy called Desi " a loser " .😢 On a lighter note (🎵) one of her funniest comedy episodes , imho, was " Lucy Meets The Burtons ". Enjoy !😊⭐. 🇬🇧😊💙🦉📽️⭐🇬🇧🇺🇲
The Magic Carpet 1951. When his parents, the caliph and queen, are murdered by usurper Ali (Gregory Gaye), the newborn Ramoth is delivered to the safety of his uncle, Ahkmid (William Fawcett), via a magic carpet. The adult Ramoth (John Agar) becomes masked hero the Scarlet Falcon. After tricking the reigning caliph into appointing him the royal physician, Ramoth learns of his noble birth and, with the help of faithful Razi (George Tobias) and beautiful Lida (Patricia Medina), he fights Ali and his wrathful minions.
Yeah. Shades of Lucy Ricardo. Kinda disconcerting. I don't recall this film but I thought I'd seen them all. I LOVE these silly old Thief of Bagdad-type movies so much. A part of winter weekends as a child. Afternoons spent witth nasty viziers and noble sheiks and harem girls.
If only the Middle Eastern country’s was like this 😂 I do like watching these old movie but sometime I feel like I’m watching an old western ? Can you imagine Baghdad really being like this 😂
Raymond Burr, would know that deep bass voice anywhere, Lucille Ball does a great job and could that possibly be Little Ricky with henna rinse on his head swaddled in pharoa's purple striped swaddling cloth? Probably not, but it's a fun thought. Fun Saturday matinee; enjoy the costumes. 🎉
User, too bad you can't enjoy the fun of a mindless movie. We all mature growing up, but , silly movies can still be enjoyable. Don't take it so seriously.
I've read in various books that Lucy had one movie left on her Columbia contract. She was about to land a part in DeMille’s "The Greatest Show On Earth". Columbia head Harry Cohn refused to let her take the part until she finished one more movie for him under her three-picture deal. If he offered her a film and she refused it, he could tear up the agreement and save himself $85,000. Lucy agreed to do this "Carpet" movie, which shocked Cohn and nearly bust the film’s meager budget. During the filming of "Carpet" Lucy realized she was pregnant (with daughter Lucie). She managed to hide her pregnancy during filming (which was supposedly only twelve days!). After Lucy got her money from Cohn she and Desi went to speak with DeMille in his office, to regretfully advise him why she couldn't accept the role in "Earth" (the role that was played by Gloria Grahame).
manjunat : with an American accent, too ! What a corny old film ! Surprising Lucy did it, but then, it was probably well paid....got to make a living ! 😊 🇬🇧⭐🥀💙🦉😊📽️🇺🇲
I grew up on this, and was mesmerized by Arabia, and then… all the negative, racism began. Well in real life I have Arabian friends. A man who owned my favorite grocery store in the USA. Mexican food! lol. I met his mom, and sisters. I know this movie is corny and stereotypical. But entertaining… what the heck.
The negative comments here show a thirst for violence drugs, sex and alcohol since only those things seem to be "intellectually " satisfying for their authors who cannot be pleased by anything else that would be stupid , naive and fairy tale for them . Modern series or movies unfortunately are rather toxic.Toxic movies for toxic people...
Wrong, most comments are about how awful Lucy is in this movie with her horrible voice. Nobody screaming for sex drugs and violence, I never watch that kind of deal but can't watch this scrap either.
One of the films that earned Lucy the title of "Queen of the B's." The studios' inability to know what to do with a beauty who was funny sent her into television.
Columbia was the smallest of the so called :Big studios.Every year they made mostly b movies but they also made movies like :On the Waterfront, Bridge on the River Kwai and From here to Eternity
Made in 1951 when Studios could not decide whether to cast Lucy for her beauty or comedic skills.. John Agar could have been a Prince in real life when he became Shirly Temple's first husband, but unfortunately ended up acting more like the cheating Evil Gand Vizir.
Thrifty B-movie producer Sam Katzman recycled a lot of stock footage in this movie from the classic movie "A THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS" (Columbia, 1945) for this 1951 romp with B-movie director Lew Landers, and a lot of fun with star Lucille Ball.
Any one notice this Columbia Picture movie has the identicle opening shot as " A Thoushand and One Nights " 1945. Also some of the exterior sets are identical. 😮
Lucille Ball had often complained to Columbia Pictures head Harry Cohn about the quality of the pictures she had been doing while under contract to the studio. At the time this picture was made, Ball was only obligated to Columbia for one more film, and Cohn had producer Sam Katzman, who turned out most of Columbia's low-budget "B" pictures, concoct this cheap Arabian Nights fantasy as a punishment to Ball for her constantly challenging him to give her better roles. Per IMDB
Ah....... "Put me down you image of a hippapotamus / Put me down you walking whale" Patricia Medina says to him - love it. Not Errol Flynn, this movie, but thoroughly enjoyable escapism with "I Love Lucy" and Perry Mason.
الشيئ المؤسف في هذا الفلم والذي لم ينتبه له القائمون عليه . انه غير مترجم للغة العربية وهذا خطئ فادح .فقيمة الترجمة لاتكلفهم ثمن بدلة من هذه الميزانية الضخمة التي صرفت على هذا الفلم .شكرا لجهود التي بذلت .
The things people do because of gambling debt. Or with a gun pointed to your head... Katzman & Ball (already a huge star by 1951)? Ball, not the love interest and a villainess?
