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*ALI BABA GOES TO TOWN (1937) Eddie Cantor and "Sultan" Roland Young with Camel
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Refunds available: See booth/item description for details
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Purchase protection
Payment options
PayPal accepted
PayPal Credit accepted
Venmo accepted
PayPal, MasterCard, Visa, Discover, and American Express accepted
Maestro accepted
Amazon Pay accepted
Nuvei accepted
Item traits
Category: | |
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Quantity Available: |
Only one in stock, order soon |
Condition: |
Unspecified by seller, may be new. |
Country/Region of Manufacture: |
United States |
Size: |
8x10 inches |
Industry: |
Movies |
Object Type: |
Photograph |
Original/Reproduction: |
Original |
Studio/Distributor: |
20TH CENTURY-FOX |
Director: |
DAVID BUTLER |
Genre: |
MUSICAL COMEDY/FANTASY |
Film Title: |
ALI BABA GOES TO TOWN |
Year: |
1937 |
Actors: |
EDDIE CANTOR, ROLAND YOUNG |
Item: |
VINTAGE ORIGINAL 8X10 SINGLE-WEIGHT GLOSSY PHOTO |
SKU: |
CS-ALIBABA-S51 |
Modified Item: |
No |
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More than a week ago |
Item number: |
732429889 |
Item description
Vintage original 8x10 in. U.S. single-weight glossy publicity photograph from the classic 1930's musical comedy/fantasy, ALI BABA GOES TO TOWN, released in 1937 by 20th Century-Fox and directed by David Butler, starring Eddie Cantor. A movie company is doing the Arabian Nights when a hobo (Eddie Cantor) enters their camp, falls asleep and dreams he's back in Baghdad as adviser to the Sultan. In a spoof of Roosevelt's New Deal, he organizes work programs, taxes the rich and abolishes the army.
The image features an "exterior" long shot of Ali Baba (Eddie Cantor) shopping for a new camel (?) as the Sultan (Roland Young) stands next to him as two "salesmen" provide assistance with the purchase. Printed on single-weight stock with a glossy finish, this vintage original photograph is in very fine+ condition with no visible flaws. Please note that this photograph actually has more contrast and features richer dark tones than they appear in the accompanying scan.
Two special-effects technicians--grip Harry Harsha and propman Philo Goodfriend--were killed when a machine that was being used to make the "flying carpet" look like it was flying jumped off its tracks and fell on them. Star Eddie Cantor appears as himself in the film's final sequence with Tony Martin. Newsreel footage of the many stars appearing at the Carthay Circle Theatre premiere of Wee Willie Winkie (1937), starring Shirley Temple, is used for the film's finale. The original release prints of this film used a then-revolutionary three-tone tinting process utilizing sepia and copper. Blue and orange mixed with copper were used for night sequences while sepia, amber and copper were used for daytime scenes.
Ali Baba Goes to Town; 20th Century-Fox; 1937; dir: David Butler; cast: Eddie Cantor, Tony Martin, Roland Young, Gypsy Rose Lee, Raymond Scott and His Quartet, John Carradine, Virginia Field, Alan Dinehart, Douglass Dumbrille, Maurice Cass, Warren Hymer, Stanley Fields, Paul Hurst, Sam Hayes.
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- *ALI BABA GOES TO TOWN (1937) Eddie Cantor and "Sultan" Roland Young with Camel
- 1 in stock
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- Handling time 2 days. Estimated delivery: Thu, May 29th
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