Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
About Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
In Baghdad, Princess Badr al-Budur loves Aladdin, a tailor's son, and refuses the alchemist al-Talib. His spirit tells him the lamp is in a cave he cannot enter. He sends Aladdin. The boy gets the lamp and will not hand it over. Wishes make him rich enough to court her. Al-Talib steals the lamp and takes the princess into the desert. Aladdin follows with one gourd of water and is nearly finished when the Sultan's riders, already hunting her, reach him.
Cast & crew
More about Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
Chester Franklin and Sidney Franklin directed. Bernard McConville wrote it. William Fox produced. Fox released it. Harry W. Gerstad photographed. Francis Carpenter and Virginia Lee Corbin lead the children's cast. Wikidata dates it October 11, 1917. The listed original length is 80 minutes. What circulates is a sped-up copy of about 40 minutes.
Themes
Look
Harry W. Gerstad photographed the cave, the court, and the desert ride.
Preservation
Prints are at George Eastman House, the Cinemateca do Museu de Arte Moderna, and the Library of Congress. The copy in circulation runs about 40 minutes and is sped up.
Notes
- Prints are at George Eastman House, the Cinemateca do Museu de Arte Moderna, and the Library of Congress.
- The short copy is sped up, not a separate one-reel version.
- Alfred Paget, Violet Radcliffe, Buddy Messinger, and F. A. Turner are billed with the two children.
- The narrative city is Baghdad.
Scenes
- Aladdin keeps the lamp once he sees what al-Talib wants.
- The Sultan's horsemen find him in the desert.
Also available
- George Eastman House
- Library of Congress
