Technicolor made Maria Montez a star. To get round the fact she couldn't act Universal surrounded her with a cast of succulent hams (including the original Thief of Baghdad himself, John Qualen as Aladdin and Shemp Howard as Sinbad) in an otherwise skimpy production lent grandeur by Technicolor and striking sets in the Germanic style by the veteran team of Otterson & Golitzen.
Review of Arabian Nights
