Arabian Nights 12/20 Blu-ray (Rental)

Genre: Action, Adventure, Action-Fantasy

Rated: NR

Runtime: 86 min

Studio: Kino Studio Classics

Director: John Rawlins CAST: Edgar Barrier, Leif Erickson, Billy Gilbert, Thomas Gomez, Jon Hall, John Qualen, Sabu, Shemp Howard, Maria Montez (As: Sherezade) COMMENTS: The legal heir to the throne of the Caliph, played by Jon Hall, is attacked and almost murdered by his evil brother, played by Leif Erickson, who seizes the throne. A dancing girl (Maria Montez) finds the wounded heir and nurses him back to health. They fall in love, and he sets off on a series of adventures accompanied by a trusted friend (Sabu), an aging Aladdin in search of his mislaid lamp (John Qualen), and a bragging, shiftless Sinbad in his declining years (Shemp Howard). It's all adolescent adventure but great fun and the production is lavish in all areas, particularly the costumes, sets, and wonderful, lush color which the public was impressed with. The film earned Oscar nominations for Best Cinematography, Best Interior Decoration, Best Sound, and Best Score. To Maria, it was her first important role, as the beautiful dancer Scherezade, considering that she had to deal with an absurd dialogue. And this was the movie that gave her the nickname of "The Queen of Technicolor". Read more 41 people found this helpful Helpful Report John Malanga 5.0 out of 5 stars Maria Montez , Queen of Technicolor, at last on DVD Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2006 Verified Purchase At last, Universal is releasing the first Maria Montez & Jon Hall adventure classic in glorious Technicolor. I was surprised to see that this was not part of a Collection of 6 Montez films, but happy to get these 1940s classics any way Universal wants to release them. ARABIAN NIGHTS (1942) is great Saturday-matinee fun, but some of the others are even better: COBRA WOMAN (1944) is by far the best, with Montez playing dual roles. ALI BABA AND THE 40 THIEVES (1944) is also a wonderful action adventure, as are WHITE SAVAGE (1943), SUDAN (1945) & GYPSY WILDCAT (1944). I hope Universal will soon release all of these long-neglected classics. I have been waiting a long time. If you are looking for exotic, colorful, action adventure in beautiful Technicolor, you are in for a great treat. note: since this review was written in 2006, both Cobra Woman and Ali Baba And The Forty Thieves have been released on dvd. Customer image Customer image Customer image 63 people found this helpful Helpful Report Omuzay 3.0 out of 5 stars Audio not exciting Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2024 Verified Purchase Pictures deeply colorful and lively But audio not exciting and thrilling makes watching boring and sleepy. I was definitely expecting a thrilling audio sound or at least a 5 channel surround sound instead of mono. Helpful Report CRITIQUE 5.0 out of 5 stars Fun to watch Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2020 Verified Purchase Another Jon Hall/Maria Montez pairing. Nicely shot in Technicolor. Jon Hall looking very handsome and Maria Montez looking beautiful. Pair this film with Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves. Helpful Report Boricua 5.0 out of 5 stars Arabian Nights Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2007 Verified Purchase Excellent movie from the 40's these old movies are the best with great actors, like jon Hall, Sabu,Shemp,and of Course Maria Montez I think she is one of the most Classical Beauty's of a bygone era I love movies with her in them as well as Jon Hall,Turhan Bay check out Allie Baba and the Forty Theives another great one. Everyone should have this movie. What can I say Wonderful, Great, good plot ,great actors of a bygone era. One person found this helpful Helpful Report E. Hunter Hale 4.0 out of 5 stars KNAB, UTAH IN GLORIOUS TECHNICOLOR! Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2007 Verified Purchase Universal's first 3-strip Technicolor feature is stunning to behold with Knab, Utah standing in for the Arabian desert. Technicolor is the highlight of this fun film. Inspired by the success of Alexander Korda's THE THIEF OF BAGDAD (1940), this was the start of a very popular series of fantasy adventure films from Universal with the beautiful Maria Montez and Jon Hall. The film is a lot of fun, but it pales when compared to THE THIEF OF BAGDAD, which not only had Technicolor, but one of the greatest musical scores (Miklos Rosza) ever created for a film as well incredible sets and art direction. The earlier film is the true classic of fantasy films, but the ARABIAN NIGHTS is a lot of fun in its own way -- just not a classic. 3 people found this helpful Helpful Report See more reviews Top reviews from other countries Translate all reviews to English Geoff Dale 5.0 out of 5 stars Arabian Nights with a dash of Shemp Reviewed in Canada on March 16, 2015 Verified Purchase Shemp Howard - the true definition of a working actor. A versatile but sadly under-rated star. Great to see in a great flick with the likes of Sabu and Jon Hall. Report Astropirate 5.0 out of 5 stars Another good movie. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 2, 2019 Verified Purchase A very enjoyable movie. Report holman 5.0 out of 5 stars Fantástica Película Reviewed in Spain on December 12, 2015 Verified Purchase Me encantó la película y la recomiendo. Lo que he lamentado fue no encontrarla en blu ray. Si la encuentro en blu ray, la volveré a comprar. Comprádla, os gustará Report Translate review to English Dominique Dastin 5.0 out of 5 stars Tolle Farben, spanender Film Reviewed in Germany on February 5, 2026 Verified Purchase Toller Film mit der damals schönste Frau der Welt. Ich meine, ab 1930 bis nach dem Krieg 1950. Damals war sie die erste Schönheit, bis der nachfolgende Schönheiten. sie hatte auch was geheimnisvolles in ihrem Spiel. Auch war sie in all ihren Rollen, die erotische, (keine sex) Göttin von der Leinwand. Ihre Küsse waren bezaubernd. Alle Männer waren verrückt von ihr. Auch die Frauen wollten so exotisch und erotisch sein, den es war ein Magnet. Leider, die Nachkriegsära hat alles zunichte gemacht, den man wollte Brutalität und Gewalt, was Maria Montez verabscheute. Ihre Filme sind zum träumen wunderbar geeignet. Report Translate review to English Julian Hughes 5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent restoration. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 22, 2011 Verified Purchase I bought the Region 1 NTSC US version that was issued in 2007. This has been really nicely restored. The picture shows no signs of damage or debris and the colours are beautiful (you can see this in the screenshots I uploaded). Naturally there is some film grain and thankfully there are no signs of excessive denoising or sharpening. The image is ideal. It's fully progressive NTSC, no telecining or interlacing. The mono soundtrack is also good. Both English and French subtitles are available. The theatrical trailer is presented as a bonus feature; it hasn't had the same restoration but it's good to have. 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Starring: Jon Hall, Maria Montez, Sabu

Language: French

Release Date: July 21, 2020