Anyone who has been married to both Ursula Andress and Bo Derek, must have something
Now in a white or orange turban and playing a brave young barber called Hajji Baba, in Isphahan, Persia, John Derek is still attractive to women and especially to Princess Fawzia (Elaine Stewart).
In the Fifties, Derek was the dashingly good-looking young hero of adventure films, rated by his teenage female fans as a 10 on the scale of male beauty
In "The Adventures of Hajji Baba," Derek helps an insolent princess disguised as a boy on her way to marry a distant powerful prince (Paul Picerni) against the wishes of her father Once they arrive to meet him, in the desert, they soon discover he is a rogue, whose plans for marriage are purely for one ambitious purpose Hajji Baba then rebels against the prince, rescuing and winning the heart of the beautiful princess by believing in himself
The glamorous Elaine Stewart looked cool, lush and marvelous as the spoiled selfish cruel princess who walks through the entire motion picture expressing her bad temper, and silencing everyone by threat
By the early Seventies and despite public interest in her, Stewart's career did not fulfill its potential Her phase was over, but she had certainly proved that she could be a star and, 35 years later, fans of Fifties' movies are still enamored of her
In the Fifties, Derek was the dashingly good-looking young hero of adventure films, rated by his teenage female fans as a 10 on the scale of male beauty
In "The Adventures of Hajji Baba," Derek helps an insolent princess disguised as a boy on her way to marry a distant powerful prince (Paul Picerni) against the wishes of her father Once they arrive to meet him, in the desert, they soon discover he is a rogue, whose plans for marriage are purely for one ambitious purpose Hajji Baba then rebels against the prince, rescuing and winning the heart of the beautiful princess by believing in himself
The glamorous Elaine Stewart looked cool, lush and marvelous as the spoiled selfish cruel princess who walks through the entire motion picture expressing her bad temper, and silencing everyone by threat
By the early Seventies and despite public interest in her, Stewart's career did not fulfill its potential Her phase was over, but she had certainly proved that she could be a star and, 35 years later, fans of Fifties' movies are still enamored of her