Tribute to Anna May Wong - The Thief of Bagdad (1924, USA) + Convo w/ Anna May Wang's Niece
Genre: Silent, Adventure
Country: USA
Year: 1924
Duration: 140 mins
Director: Raoul Walsh
Language(s): N/A
Subtitles: N/A
Producer: Douglas Fairbanks
Principal Cast: Douglas Fairbanks, Snitz Edwards, Charles Belche, Julanne Johnston, Sôjin Kamiyama, Anna May Wong, Brandon Hurst, Tote Du Crow, Noble Johnson
Followed by a conversation with the niece of Anna May Wong
Synopsis
A thief sneaks into a royal palace, where he sees and falls instantly in love with a beautiful princess. Pretending to be a prince, the thief woos the princess, who becomes enamored with him, but when guilt eats at him, the thief confesses to a holy man, who commands him to find a magic chest as penance. As he battles many obstacles to win the chest, the thief uses its powers to save Baghdad from a foreign invader and rescue his beloved.
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Asian World Film Festival
The Asian World Film Festival (AWFF), founded by Kyrgyz public figure Sadyk Sher-Niyaz and overseen by Executive & Program Director Georges N. Chamchoum, brings the very best of a broad selection of Asian World cinema to Los Angeles to draw greater recognition to the region's wealth of filmmakers and strengthen ties between the Asian and Hollywood film industries. Uniting through cross-cultural collaboration, the Festival champions films from over 50 countries across Asia, spanning from Turkey to Japan and from Russia to India and South-East Asia. The Festival is unique in that it predominantly screens Oscar and Golden Globe submissions for Best International Feature Film and Best Motion Picture - Foreign Language respectively. All films that participate in the Festival will have a unique chance to be guided through the challenging awards season and showcased to members of the Motion Picture Academy, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and all Guilds for enhanced exposure, media attention and awards consideration. AWFF is a non-profit organization under Aitysh USA.