The Thief of Bagdad (1924)

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Coolidge Corner Theatre | Brookline

Coolidge Corner Theatre
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The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
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Composer Jeff Rapsis will perform live his new piano score to the Douglas Fairbanks fantasy epic!
This swashbuckling tale out of The Thousand and One Nights was Hollywood mega-star and producer Douglas Fairbanks' pet project and cemented his standing as both the leading action-adventure star of his day and one of the industry's first "multi-hypenate" powerhouses.
Fairbanks stars as the impious thief Ahmed who has made a reputation as Baghdad's premiere plunderer. When he falls in love with a beautiful princess (Julanne Johnston) and the two determine to marry, her father the caliph intervenes, forbidding the union. Thus erupts a chain of circumstances involving a crystal ball, a magic apple, a pegasus, an invisibility cloak... and, of course, a flying carpet.
About Jeff Rapsis
Jeff Rapsis is a writer/editor, educator, and also a composer and performer who specializes in creating live musical scores for silent film screenings. He does other things, too. Specific talents include an ability to place coins on either elbow and then catch them in the same hand before they hit the floor, though sometimes he misses and the coins go flying just everywhere. He's also an award-winning journalist, newspaper publisher, and owner of multiple dogs.
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