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Sinbad, the Sailor (1947)

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In medieval Persia, during the rule of Caliph Harun-Al-Rashid, Sinbad the Sailor boasts about his latest adventures to his friends.

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24 January 2004 | estabansmythe
Could have been...should have been...wasn't
Try as Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., might, he isn't the star of this unexciting epic. It's the vivid Technicolor, which was so prevalent in the 1940s. It really is stunning, especially when compared with the Technicolor of the '60s or '70s, or worse, with the quality shot on video.

It seemed that Doug wanted to pay homage and emulate the fanciful flair of his famous father, the first and one of cinema's greatest swashbucklers. If this were a silent film, where Jr's type of exaggerated action and motion were called for, his performance would have been more credible. But here, he just tends to over-do it.

As for me, I'll take Ray Harryhausen's classic Seventh Voyage Of Sinbad (1958) with Kerwin Matthews any day. I'll even go so far as to take John Phillip Law in Harryhausen's 1974 Golden Voyage Of Sinbad.

What about Pat Wayne in the finale of Harryhausen's trilogy, Sinbad & The Eye Of The Tiger (1977)? Come to think of it, I also prefer Wayne and that film to this one - by a mile.

Why? Because they're doing wonderful and amazing things in those films. They're as terrifically escapist as can be. You keep waiting for the magic in Fairbank's film, but it only rarely shows up.

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"The Hedda Hopper Show - This Is Hollywood" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on March 29, 1947 with Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Maureen O'Hara reprising their film roles.

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Title Card: O Masters, O Noble Persons, O Brothers, know you that in the time of the Caliph Harun-Al-Rashid, there lived on the golden shore of Persia a man of adventure called Sinbad the Sailor. Strange and wondrous were the tales told of him and his voyages. ...

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Several characters wield curved blades that they refer to as katars. Katars, however, and much shorter in length than the blades they carry and katars are straight, triangular blades. The short swords they carry are most likely patterned after scimitars or kilijs, both of which are curved blades used prominently in the East.

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The title appears as if it were being poured, in colored water, by faucets into a reflecting pool.

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Genres

Adventure | Fantasy | Romance

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Release Date:

13 January 1947

Language

English

Country of Origin

USA

Filming Locations

Hollywood, California, USA

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Budget:

$2,459,000 (estimated)

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