This swashbuckling tale out of The Thousand and One Nights was Hollywood mega-star and producer Douglas Fairbanks' pet project, and coming on the heels of previous costume successes The Three Musketeers, The Mark of Zorro, and Robin Hood, cemented Fairbanks' standing as both the leading action-adventure star of his day and one of the industry's first 'multi-hyphenate' powerhouses. The actor 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. No expense was spared for The Thief of Bagdad: An Arabian Nights Fantasy—it was one of the costliest films produced in Hollywood in the silent era, evident in both the stunning sets of William Cameron Menzies and the breakthrough special effects that weave throughout the picture. Expertly directed by Raoul Walsh, who would go on to become one of America's foremost filmmakers, and the creator of such classics as The Bowery, High Sierra, and White Heat, The Thief of Bagdad remains an enduring fantasy for the ages.

Release Information:

• Original Release Year: 1924
• Studio/Distributor: The Masters of Cinema Series

Feature Presentation:

• Genre: Fantasy, Adventure, Silent Film
• Audio: English (Dolby Digital 2.0), English (Dolby Digital 5.1)

Special Features:

• Audio commentary by Fairbanks biographer Jeffrey Vance
• "Fairbanks and Fantasy" – A seventeen-minute featurette including rare behind-the-scenes photography
• 20-Page Booklet including new and exclusive writing on Douglas Fairbanks and Raoul Walsh

Technical Specifications:

• Format: Blu-ray + DVD
• Region: FREE
• Video Quality: 1080p Full HD
• Codec: 1080p presentation on Blu-ray, progressive encode on DVD

Cast & Crew:

• Director: Raoul Walsh
• Main Cast: Douglas Fairbanks, Julanne Johnston