The Tales of a Thousand and One Nights Reel 1 (1921, silent)

Description: Part 1 of the silent film, The Tales of A Thousand And One Nights. The film was broken into reels approximately 15 minutes in length for the rental market.

"Tells the story of the adventures of the resourceful Scheherazade. Newly married to Shahryar, a deranged monarch who murders his brides after the wedding night, Scheherazade manages to keep her head by entertaining her husband with exciting stories and always trailing off at the most infuriating cliffhangers."" (https://www.filmaffinity.com/en/film776104.html. Accessed 2022-04-10.)

Mogull Bros No. 9090

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Subjects: Literature; Middle Eastern or North African history and culture

Tags: silent film; tales; folktales; stories; dancing; ships; Scheherazade; storytellers; Arabian Nights; intertitles; Orientalism

Film Sponsor:

Creator: Viktor Tourjansky, Société de Films Albatros

Credits: F.H. Adam presents

"The Tales of a Thousand and One Nights"

Directed and Written by: M. Tourjansky

Produced by: Société de Films Albatros

Presented by: F.H. Adam

Distributed by: Davis Distributing Division Inc.; J. Charles Davis 2nd President

Featuring: Nathalie Kovanko and M. Rimsky

Distributor: Davis Distributing Division Inc.

Contributor: Prelinger Archives

Source Collection: Mogull Bros.

Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive

Production Date:

Release Date: 1921

Geographical Location: France

Genre/Form: fiction, feature, silent

Language:

Rights:

Film Format: 16mm film

Element: reduction print

Color: color

Color Process: tinted

Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type: mos

Edge Code:

Frame Rate: 16 fps

Length (feet): 353