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Filming began in Britain, but because of the Blitz, the production relocated to Hollywood.
Filmed at London's Denham Studios, which had just merged with J. Arthur Rank's nearby Pinewood Studios.
Producer Alexander Korda was so demanding that he went through six directors during the production of this film, including his brother Zoltan Korda and leading art director William Cameron Menzies.
When filming began in the USA, the stricter US censorship codes were applied. One of the most obvious differences between the scenes shot in the UK and those filmed in the USA is that the tops of the actresses' costumes were buttoned up all the way to satisfy the Hays Office. That kind of clue makes it easier to identify the US-shot scenes than trying to spot differences in the sets.
Vivien Leigh was originally cast in the role of the Princess, but when, in late 1938, she won the part of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939). Korda gave the role to young, up and coming starlet, June Duprez.
The first assigned director, Ludwig Berger, wanted his old friend, the 80-year-old Austrian operetta composer Oscar Straus, to compose the score. Miklos Rozsa only won the assignment by sitting in an office adjoining Berger's and playing his catchy melodies over and over again. The Viennese waltzes that Straus had supplied were quickly dropped in favor of Rozsa's sweeping and colorful score.
Abu:
I am Abu the thief. Son of Abu the thief. Grandson of Abu the thief.
Doctor:
But she loves the blind man.
Jaffar:
Do you call the lisping of two children in the garden love? Love she has yet to learn. But I'm here to teach her.
Jaffar:
Forget Ahmed. He's no longer blind. For a man with eyes the world is full of women. Only I am cursed, that I can see only you.
Genie:
You're a clever little man little master of the universe, but mortals are weak and frail. If their stomach speaks, they forget their brain. If their brain speaks, they forget their heart. And if their heart speaks
[laughter]
Genie:
... they forget everything.
Princess:
Where do you come from?
Ahmad:
From the beginning of Time.
Princess:
How long have you been looking for me?
Ahmad:
Since the beginning of Time.
Princess:
Now that you've found me, how long will you stay?
Ahmad:
To the end of Time.
Jafar:
Why do you close your eyes? There's little time left to see him.
Old Man:
Allah be with you, but I doubt it.
Abu:
How can you be so ungrateful?
Genie:
Grateful? Slaves are not grateful. Not for their freedom!
Remake of
The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
Remade as
Diebin von Bagdad, Die (1952)
Ladro di Bagdad, Il (1961)
The Thief of Baghdad (1978) (TV)
"The Thief of Bagdad" (2007) (mini)
Referenced in
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1974)
Return to the Edge of the World (1978)
- Mentioned in narration.
One from the Heart (1982)
- An item from that film, the All Seen Eye, is referenced as an homage
Hollywood Uncensored (1987)
- Martin Scorsese mentions The Thief of Bagdad during an interview.
Aladdin (1992)
Next Friday (2000)
Featured in
SPFX: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) (TV)
- scenes are featured in this special effects special
The Making of 'Aladdin': A Whole New World (1992) (TV)
The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of the Politics of Fear (2004) (TV)
- Brief clips from The Thief of Bagdad are used in the title sequence
Spoofed in
The Pink of Bagdad (1978)