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beautiful colour photography, 23 March 2005
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didi-5 from United Kingdom
Often overshadowed these days by the musical version which came a
decade later, this film by William Dieterle has the distinction of
being one of the best examples of a 1940s Technicolor film there is.
And with colour, no one shone out from the screen more than Marlene
Dietrich. Here she is as Jamilla, garlanded in gold and looking
positively luminous - her appearance in this movie alone would justify
watching it.
Ronald Colman, that debonair English actor, plays the role of the
beggar, Hafiz (which would be memorably played by Howard Keel in the
musical). He's a little starchy and looks prematurely middle-aged, but
he was always a very good actor, and here is no exception. James Craig
is colourless as the Caliph but Edward Arnold and Hugh Herbert add
humour as the Grand Vizier and Feisal.
The strength of this 'Kismet' though it definitely how it looks. It is
how the films of the golden era were at their peak, and this version
doesn't get shown on TV anywhere near enough.
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