Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1918)
50 min
Ali Baba, a poor Turkish wood chopper, discovers that a robbers' cave, concealed in the mountains that surround his house, opens to the magical phrase, "Open Sesame." Learning that the cave is filled with stolen treasure, he takes home as much as he can carry, but his greedy brother forces him to reveal the cave's location. After gaining admittance to the cave, Ali Baba's brother is seen by the thieves and killed. Meanwhile, Ali Baba falls in love with Morgianna, a slave girl forced to dance in the local inn, and by securing her freedom, he wins her love and loyalty. The leader of the band of robbers suspects that Ali Baba knows the secret of the treasure cave, and in the guise of an oil merchant, he visits Ali Baba with his forty thieves concealed in oil jars. When Morgianna discovers the robbers, she fills the jars with boiling oil, thereby killing them all. Ali Baba defeats the robber chief in combat and then marries his beautiful Morgianna.
- Release date
- November 24, 1918
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Georgie Stone as Ali Baba
- Gertrude Messinger as Morgianna
- Lewis Sargent as Khaujeh Houssain
- Buddy Messinger as Kasim Bara
- G. Raymond Nye as Abdullah
- Raymond Lee as Also Talib
- Charles Hincus as Aasif Azaar
- Marie Messinger as Kasim's Servant
- Jack Hull as Jameel
Crew
- Chester M. Franklin · Director
- Sidney Franklin · Director
- Bernard McConville · Writer
- Henry W. Gerrard · Cinematographer
- Frank B. Good · Cinematographer