Siren of Bagdad

Siren of Bagdad

Directed by	Richard Quine
Produced by	Sam Katzman
Written by	Robert E. Kent Larry Rhine
Starring	Paul Henreid Patricia Medina Hans Conried
Music by	John Leipold
Cinematography	Henry Freulich
Edited by	Jerome Thoms
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release dates	May 20, 1953
Running time	73 min.
Country	United States
Language	English

Siren of Bagdad is a 1953 Technicolor fantasy adventure film produced by Sam Katzman and directed by Richard Quine set in the medieval Persian Empire. It stars Paul Henreid as a travelling Master magician who seeks to recover his troop of beautiful dancing girls who are to be sold into slavery. Patricia Medina portrays his love interest who seeks to overthrow the corrupt Grand Vizier with the magician's help.^[1]

Hans Conried plays the sidekick to Quine's magician, who is transformed into a beautiful blonde woman who spies and distracts the Grand Vizier while retaining Conried's voice.

Plot summary

Kazah the Great (Paul Henreid), a magician is traveling in Arabia with a circus.

Cast

Hans Conried, Paul Henreid and Patricia Medina in a film still taken by Homer Van Pelt

Paul Henreid as Kazah the Great
Patricia Medina as Princess Zandi
Hans Conried as Ben Ali
Charles Lung as Sultan El Malid
Laurette Luez as Orena
Anne Dore as Leda
George Keymas as Soradin
Michael Fox as Telar
Karl 'Killer' Davis as Morab (as Karl Davis)
Carl Milletaire as Hamid

Production

Patricia Medina signed a three picture contract with Sam Katzman, of which this was the first.^[2]

Filming started 3 September 1952.^[3]

Comic book adaption

Eastern Color Movie Love #21 (June 1953)^[4]

References

↑ http://allmovie.com/work/siren-of-baghdad-110394
↑ MISS MEDINA SIGNS 3-YEAR CONTRACT: Actress to Make Three Films Annually for Katzman -- 'Siren of Baghdad' Will Be First By THOMAS M. PRYORSpecial to THE NEW YORK TIMES.. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 08 Sep 1952: 18.
↑ FREDRIC MARCH SET FOR FOX FILM LEAD: Signs for Top Role in 'Man on a Tightrope,' Anti-Communist Story to Be Made Abroad Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES.. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 02 Aug 1952: 7
↑ "Movie Love #21". Grand Comics Database.

External links

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Siren of Bagdad at the Internet Movie Database
Siren of Bagdad at AllMovie
Siren of Bagdad at the TCM Movie Database
Siren of Bagdad at the American Film Institute Catalog

Films directed by Richard Quine

Leather Gloves (1948)
Sunny Side of the Street (1951)
Purple Heart Diary (1951)
Sound Off (1952)
All Ashore (1953)
Siren of Bagdad (1953)
Cruisin' Down the River (1953)
Drive a Crooked Road (1954)
Pushover (1954)
So This Is Paris (1955)
My Sister Eileen (1955)
The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956)
Full of Life (1956)
Operation Mad Ball (1957)
Bell, Book and Candle (1958)
It Happened to Jane (1959)
Strangers When We Meet (1960)
The World of Suzie Wong (1960)
The Notorious Landlady (1962)
Paris When It Sizzles (1964)
Sex and the Single Girl (1964)
How to Murder Your Wife (1965)
Synanon (1965)
Hotel (1967)
Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad (1967)
A Talent for Loving (1969)
The Moonshine War (1970)
W (1974)
The Prisoner of Zenda (1979)

Films produced by Sam Katzman

1930s	Hot Off the Press (1935) Bars of Hate (1935) Alias John Law (1935) The Fighting Coward (1935) Danger Ahead (1935) The Phantom of the Range (1936) Shadow of Chinatown (1936) The Rogues Tavern (1936) Taming the Wild (1936) Rio Grande Romance (1936) Kelly of the Secret Service (1936) Put on the Spot (1936) Two Minutes to Play (1936) Silks and Saddles (1936) Amateur Crook (1937) Orphan of the Pecos (1937) Brothers of the West (1937) Cheyenne Rides Again (1937) Lost Ranch (1937) Flying Fists (1937) Blake of Scotland Yard (1937) Million Dollar Racket (1937) Sky Racket (1937) Mystery Range (1937) Feud of the Trail (1937) Blake of Scotland Yard (1937) Six-Gun Trail (1938) Lightning Carson Rides Again (1938) Texas Wildcats (1939) Code of the Cactus (1939) Outlaws' Paradise (1939) Trigger Fingers (1939) The Fighting Renegade (1939) Straight Shooter (1939)

1940s	East Side Kids (1940) Boys of the City (1940) That Gang of Mine (1940) Pride of the Bowery (1940) Flying Wild (1941) Bowery Blitzkrieg (1941) Spooks Run Wild (1941) Invisible Ghost (1941) Zis Boom Bah (1941) Mr. Wise Guy (1942) Let's Get Tough! (1942) Smart Alecks (1942) 'Neath Brooklyn Bridge (1942) Kid Dynamite (1942) Bowery at Midnight (1942) Black Dragons (1942) The Corpse Vanishes (1942) The Ape Man (1943) Clancy Street Boys (1943) Ghosts on the Loose (1943) Mr. Muggs Steps Out (1943) Spotlight Scandals (1943) Million Dollar Kid (1944) Follow the Leader (1944) Block Busters (1944) Bowery Champs (1944) Crazy Knights (1944) Voodoo Man (1944) Three of a Kind (1944) Return of the Ape Man (1944) Docks of New York (1945) Mr. Muggs Rides Again (1945) Come Out Fighting (1945) Trouble Chasers (1945) Junior Prom (1946) Hop Harrigan America's Ace of the Airways (1946) Freddie Steps Out (1946) High School Hero (1946) Betty Co-Ed (1946) Vacation Days (1947) The Vigilante (1947) Little Miss Broadway (1947) Last of the Redmen (1947) Sweet Genevieve (1947) Two Blondes and a Redhead (1947) Jungle Jim (1948) Racing Luck (1948) Congo Bill (1948) I Surrender Dear (1948) Triple Threat (1948) Tex Granger (1948) Mary Lou (1948) Glamour Girl (1948) The Prince of Thieves (1948) The Lost Tribe (1949) Chinatown at Midnight (1949) Barbary Pirate (1949) The Mutineers (1940) Manhattan Angel (1949)

1950s	State Penitentiary (1950) Revenue Agent (1950) Pygmy Island (1950) Last of the Buccaneers (1950) Chain Gang (1950) Captive Girl (1950) Tyrant of the Sea (1950) Mark of the Gorilla (1950) Captain Video (1951) The Magic Carpet (1951) Hurricane Island (1951) When the Redskins Rode (1951) Purple Heart Diary (1951) A Yank in Korea (1951) Fury of the Congo (1951) Jungle Manhunt (1951) Last Train from Bombay (1952) Blackhawk: Fearless Champion of Freedom (1952) King of Congo (1952) A Yank in Indo-China (1952) Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land (1952) The Golden Hawk (1952) Brave Warrior (1952) California Conquest (1952) Voodoo Tiger (1952) Thief of Damascus (1952) The Pathfinder (1952) Slaves of Babylon (1953) Prisoners of the Casbah (1953) Valley of Head Hunters (1953) Jack McCall, Desperado (1953) Savage Mutiny (1953) Target Hong Kong (1953) Last of the Redskins (1953) Flame of Calcutta (1953) Serpent of the Nile (1953) Siren of Bagdad (1953) Sky Commando (1953) Killer Ape (1953) Conquest of Cochise (1953) Prince of Pirates (1953) The 49th Man (1953) Mission Over Korea (1953) Fort Ti (1953) Masterson of Kansas (1954) The Law vs. Billy the Kid (1954) The Saracen Blade (1954) Jungle Man-Eaters (1954) Jesse James vs. the Daltons (1954) The Iron Glove (1954) Charge of the Lancers (1954) Drums of Tahiti (1954) The Miami Story (1954) The Battle of Rogue River (1954) Cannibal Attack (1954) Jungle Moon Men (1955) Devil Goddess (1955) The Gun That Won the West (1955) New Orleans Uncensored (1955) Chicago Syndicate (1955) The Crooked Web (1955) Inside Detroit (1955) Teen-Age Crime Wave (1955) Duel on the Mississippi (1955) The Gun That Won the West (1955) Adventures of Captain Africa, Mighty Jungle Avenger! (1955) Seminole Uprising (1955) Pirates of Tripoli (1955) The Houston Story (1956) Miami Exposé (1956) Blackjack Ketchum, Depserado (1956) Cha-Cha-Cha Boom! (1956) Rumble on the Docks (1956) The Werewolf (1956) The Man Who Turned to Stone (1956) Uranium Boom (1956) Rock Around the Clock (1956) Utah Blaine (1957) The Man Who Turned to Stone (1957) Calypso Heat Wave (1957) Don't Knock the Rock (1957) The Giant Claw (1957) Zombies of Mora Tau (1957) The Night the World Exploded (1957) Escape from San Quentin (1957) The Tijuana Story (1957) The World Was His Jury (1958) Going Steady (1958) Crash Landing (1958) Life Beings at 17 (1958) The Last Blitzkrieg (1959) Juke Box Rhythm (1959) The Flying Fontaines (1959) Lock Up Your Daughters (1959)

1960s	The Enemy General (1960) The Wizard of Baghdad (1960) Tallahassee 7000 (1961) (TV series) Twist Around the Clock (1961) Don't Knock the Twist (1961) Pirates of Tortuga (1961) The Wizard of Baghdad (1961) The Wild Westerners (1962) Hootenanny Hoot (1963) Get Yourself a College Girl (1964) Kissin' Cousins (1964) Your Cheatin' Heart (1964) Harum Scarum (1965) When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965) Hold On! (1966) Hot Rods to Hell (1967) Riot on Sunset Strip (1967) The Fastest Guitar Alive (1967) The Love-Ins (1967) For Singles Only (1968) A Time to Sing (1968) The Young Runaways (1968)

Serials	Shadow of Chinatown (1936) Blake of Scotland Yard (1937) Who's Guilty? (1945) Jungle Raiders (1945) Brenda Starr, Reporter (1945) Chick Carter, Detective (1946) Son of the Guardsman (1946) Jack Armstrong (1947) The Sea Hound (1947) Brick Bradford (1947) Superman (1948) The Adventures of Sir Galahad (1949) Batman and Robin (1949) Bruce Gentry (1949) Pirates of the High Seas (1950) Atom Man vs. Superman (1950) Cody of the Pony Express (1950) The Mysterious Island (1951) Roar of the Iron Horse (1951) Son of Geronimo: Apache Avenger (1952) The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd (1953) The Lost Planet (1953) Riding with Buffalo Bill (1954) Gunfighters of the Northwest (1954) Perils of the Wilderness (1956) Blazing the Overland Trail (1956)

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