Kismet - Original Trailer 1944

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foxter65
July 02, 2009

Oriental Dream is the TV title for the 1944 Technicolor version of Kismet. Ronald Colman plays Hadji, "king of beggars" in the days of the Arabian Nights. Posing as a prince, Colman woos Marlene Dietrich, the favorite wife of the evil Wazir (Edward Arnold). Meanwhile, Colman's daughter Joy Ann Page falls in love with handsome Caliph James Craig--while the Wazir connives to get Page into his own harem. Several plot convolutions later, Colman ends up with Dietrich, Page winds up with Craig, and the Wazir winds up six feet under. Kismet was based on the war-horse stage play by Edward Knoblock, previously filmed in 1920 and 1930 with the play's original star Otis Skinner. The title Oriental Dream was bestowed upon the 1944 Kismet when it was remade as a musical in 1955. The earlier version had its musical moments as well, notably a delicious dance number spotlighting Dietrich, painted gold head from head to toe; an additional dance sequence was cut, but later showed up in the Abbott and Costello comedy Lost in a Harem (1944).

Ronald Colman - Hafiz
Marlene Dietrich - Jamilla
James Craig - Caliph
Edward Arnold - Mansur, the Grand Vizier
Florence Bates - Karsha
Hugh Herbert - Feisal
Joy Page - Marsinah
Harry Davenport - Agha
Hobart Cavanaugh - Moolah
Eddie Abdo - Voice--Prayer in Arabic [Voice]
Jimmy Ames - Major Domo
Carla Boehm
Dick Botiller
Paul Bradley - Magician
Sonia Carr
Harry Cording
Peter Cusanelli - Merchant
Carmen D'Antonio - Specialty Dancer
Yvonne De Carlo - Handmaiden
Pedro de Cordoba - Meuzin
Anna Demetrio - Proprietress of Cafe
Walter de Palma - Detective
Joseph Granby - Policeman
Harry Humphrey - Gardener
Charles Judels - Rich Merchant
Cy Kendall - Herald
Victor Kilian - Jehan
Beatrice Kraft - Dancer
Evelyn Kraft - Court Dancer
Charles La Torre - Alwah
Mitchell Lewis - Sheik
Jack Lipson - Mansur's Aide
Barry Macollum - Amu
Louis Manley - Fire-Eater
John Maxwell - Guard
John Merton
Charles B. Middleton - The Miser
Nestor Paiva - Captain of Police
Shelby Payne - Queen's Retinue
Frank Penny
Frances Ramsden - Cafe Girl
Dan Seymour - Fat Turk
Jessie Tai Sing
Paul Singh - Caliph's Valet
Sammy Stein - Policeman
Minerva Urecal - Retainer
Dale Van Sickel - Assassin
Morgan Wallace - Merchant
Robert Warwick - Alfife
Eve Whitney - Cafe Girl
Zack Williams - Executioner
Roque Ybarra - Miser's Son
Joe Yule - Attendant

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