the leading man. Indian actor M. G. Ramachandran assumed the role of Ali, the thief of Baghdad in the 1960 film Baghdad Thirudan. The 1924 film was directly remade in Europe in 1961 as Il Ladro di Bagdad, with Steve Reeves in the lead, while a 1978 made-for-television film combined plot elements of these with others from the Sabu version. A number of Indian Hindi-language films, were made under the titles of: Baghdad Ka Chor (The Thief of Baghdad) in 1934, 1946, 1955; Baghdad Gaja Donga (Thief of Baghdad) in 1968; and Thief of Baghdad in 1969 and 1977. A television series, Thief of Baghdad, was also made in India which aired on Zee TV between 2000–2001. Home video The Thief of Bagdad is in the public domain and many cheap, unrestored black-and-white copies have been issued on VHS and DVD. A restored version first appeared on US DVD in 1998, distributed by Image Entertainment. It featured original color tinting and a musical accompaniment arranged from the original 1924 music cue sheets and performed in 1975 by Gaylord Carter on a Wurlitzer theater pipe organ. Kino International reissued the DVD in 2004, this time with a longer, improved print and chamber ensemble score. The film has also been released on Blu-ray by the Cohen Film Collection (US) in 2013 and Eureka! Entertainment (UK) in 2014. That version features a Carl Davis orchestral score and an audio commentary by Fairbanks biographer Jeffrey Vance. See also :Category:Silent films :Category:Silent film actors References Bibliography Finler, Joel W. (1975). All Time Movie Greats. London: Cathay Books. . Vance, Jeffrey (2008). Douglas Fairbanks. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. . Whitford, Eileen (2007). Pickford: The Woman Who Made Hollywood. Lexington-Fayette, KY: The University Press of Kentucky. . Further reading Eagan, Daniel (2010) America's Film Legacy: The Authoritative Guide to the Landmark Movies in the National Film Registry, A&C Black, 2010 , pages 88–89 Goessel, Tracey. The First King of Hollywood: The Life of Douglas Fairbanks. Chicago Review Press (October 1, 2015) External links The Thief of Bagdad essay by Joe Morgenstern at National Film Registry The Thief of Bagdad at Rotten Tomatoes The Thief of Bagdad at Virtual History 1924 films 1920s fantasy films American fantasy adventure films American silent feature films American black-and-white films American epic films Fantasy adventure films Films directed by Raoul Walsh Films set in Baghdad United Artists films United States