KISMET
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SING some.of the most opulent Technicolour photo- | graphy yet seen, yards of bright silks and satins, bushels of nantet
diamonds, and a Cast of Thousands, Hollywood here presents a new version of Old Baghdad. Ronald Colman swaggers around with gusto but some self-consciousness as the king of the beggars who masquerades as a_prince; Marlene Dietrich is encased in gold paint and wriggles rhythmically as the queen of the dancing-girls; Bdward Arnold leers lecherously and chuckles sadistically as the wicked Vizier; and James Craig dodges assassination as the young Caliph who finally marries the beggar’s beauteous daughter. Kismet is certainly an eyeful, and if you feet like a vicarious night out with the houris of. the harem you should enjoy yourself. On the other hand, you may choose ‘to regard the whole thing as an example of rather misguided ingenuity.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 12, Issue 309, 25 May 1945, Page 19
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