Babes in Bagdad

1952 American film by Edgar George Ulmer, Jerónimo Mihura Santos

1952 (1952)

Running time

79 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

Babes in Bagdad is a 1952 American comedy film directed by Edgar G. Ulmer and starring Paulette Goddard and Gypsy Rose Lee.^[1]^[2]

Plot

Arabian Nights princess Kyra goes on strike demanding equal rights for women, to the frustration of caliph Hassan. Supported by the caliph's godson, Ezar, Kyra enables the caliph to see the error of his polygamous ways, and he eventually settles down with his favourite wife, Zohara.

Cast

Paulette Goddard as Kyra
Gypsy Rose Lee as Zohara
Richard Ney as Ezar
John Boles as Hassan
Thomas Gallagher as Sharkhan
Sebastian Cabot as Sinbad
MacDonald Parke as Caliph
Christopher Lee as Slave dealer (Lee has no dialogue and is essentially an extra)

Critical reception

Allmovie wrote, "even the staunchest auteurist defenders of director Edgar G. Ulmer are hard-pressed to justify his participation in this relentlessly silly effort."^[3]

References

^ "Babes in Bagdad (1952) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies.
^ "Babes in Bagdad (1952)". BFI. Archived from the original on 2012-07-12.
^ Hal Erickson. "Babes in Bagdad (1952) - Edgar G. Ulmer - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie.

External links

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Films directed by Edgar G. Ulmer

People on Sunday (1930)
Damaged Lives (1933)
The Black Cat (1934)
Thunder Over Texas (1934)
Green Fields (1937)
Moon Over Harlem (1939)
Tomorrow We Live (1942)
Girls in Chains (1943)
Isle of Forgotten Sins (1943)
Jive Junction (1943)
Bluebeard (1944)
Strange Illusion (1945)
Detour (1945)
Club Havana (1945)
The Wife of Monte Cristo (1946)
The Strange Woman (1946)
Her Sister's Secret (1946)
Carnegie Hall (1947)
Ruthless (1948)
The Pirates of Capri (1949)
The Man from Planet X (1951)
St. Benny the Dip (1951)
Babes in Bagdad (1952)
Loves of Three Queens (1954)
Murder Is My Beat (1955)
The Naked Dawn (1955)
The Daughter of Dr. Jekyll (1957)
Hannibal (1959)
The Amazing Transparent Man (1960)
Beyond the Time Barrier (1960)
Journey Beneath the Desert (1961)
The Cavern (1964)

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