The novel of the classic silent film. A resourceful young thief falls in love with the Princess Zobeid and must go on a quest to win her love while navigating a world filled with treachery, betrayal, and magical forces. The Thief of Bagdad (1924) was based on Douglas Fairbanks‘ fantasy of the Arabian Nights and was the expansion of a story by “Elton Thomas” (Achmed Abdullah and Douglas Fairbanks). The story was made into a film that was a classic of the silent film era. The film The Thief of Bagdad was produced by Douglas Fairbanks, directed by Raoul Walsh, with art director William Cameron Menzies tasked with building the elaborate and highly detailed sets that conveyed the grandeur and opulence of the fictional Baghdad. The film starred Douglas Fairbanks as the Thief, Julanne Johnston as the Princess, and a young Anna May Wong as the conniving Mongol slavegirl. In the 1910s, Achmed Abdullah (1881-1945) emigrated to the United States and eventually became a writer and playwright, and later on, a Hollywood screenwriter. Abdullah’s work appeared in various US magazines, including Argosy, All-Story Magazine, Munsey’s Magazine and Blue Book. He earned an Academy Award nomination for collaborating on the screenplay to the 1935 film The Lives of a Bengal Lancer. The Thief of Bagdad (1924) is an eleven chapter novel. This edition features 20 illustrations.
