~ 1940 The Thief Of Baghdad ~ Reptilian Hybrid Actors ~

   The Thief of Bagdad is a 1940 British Technicolor fantasy film



produced by Alexander Korda, and directed by Michael Powell, Ludwig Berger, and Tim Whelan, with contributions by Korda's brothers Vincent and Zoltán, and William Cameron Menzies.

 The film starred child actor Sabu, also Conrad Veidt, John Justin, and June Duprez.Although the film was produced by Alexander Korda's company

London Films in England, due to the outbreak of World War II, filming was completed in California. The film won the Academy Awards for Cinematography, Art Direction (Vincent Korda) and Special Effects (Lawrence W. Butler, Jack Whitney) and marks the first major use of blue screening in film. It was also nominated for Original Music Score.

Although this production is a remake of the 1924 version, the two

films have significant differences; most significantly, the thief and the prince are separate characters in the 1940 version.