The popularity of the film and 'super-production' like Douglas Fairbanks latest 'The Thief of Bagdad,' has an impact in London for building more supercinemas. In the last two years the New Tivoli and the Shepherd's Bush Pavilion, both magnificent, have been opened. In the Haymarket the Capitol Kinema, very imposing with its gold and glass dome, is nearing completion. Theatres are also being utilised for films. Since the war the old London Opera House has been the Stoll Picture Theatre. At the New Scala the Griffith film 'Love and Sacrifice,' banned because it deals with the American War of Independence and was considered anti-British, recently passed by the Film censors is being shown. 'Monsieur Beaucaire,' a film starred by Rudolph Valentino also draw crowded houses.
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Super Cinema: A Word About 'The Thief of Bagdad'
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Publication Date
1924-12-02
- Publication Year
1924
Page
7
Key Person
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The Thief of Bagdad
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Actors
Douglas Fairbanks
Director
Raoul Walsh
Writer
Lotta Woods (scenario editor)
Country
USA
Released
1924-04-11
Runtime
155 min
Genre
Adventure
Language
None
Plot
A recalcitrant thief vies with a duplicitous Mongol ruler for the hand of a beautiful princess.
Awards
2 wins.
Rated
Not Rated
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Monsieur Beaucaire
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Actors
Rudolph Valentino
Director
Sidney Olcott
Writer
Booth Tarkington (novel)
Country
USA
Released
1924-08-11
Runtime
106 min
Genre
Drama
Language
None
Plot
When M. Beaucaire, a handsome barber, catches the Duke of Winterset cheating at gambling, Beaucaire exacts Winterset's cooperation in sneaking Beaucaire into a great ball, disguised as the ...
Rated
Passed
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