Siren of Bagdad

Siren of Bagdad

Directed by	Richard Quine
Produced by	Sam Katzman
Written by	Robert E. Kent Larry Rhine
Starring	Paul Henreid Patricia Medina Hans Conried
Music by	John Leipold
Cinematography	Henry Freulich
Edited by	Jerome Thoms
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release dates	May 20, 1953
Running time	73 min.
Country	United States
Language	English

Siren of Bagdad is a 1953 Technicolor fantasy adventure film produced by Sam Katzman and directed by Richard Quine set in the medieval Persian Empire. It stars Paul Henreid as a travelling Master magician who seeks to recover his troop of beautiful dancing girls who are to be sold into slavery. Patricia Medina portrays his love interest who seeks to overthrow the corrupt Grand Vizier with the magician's help.^[1]

Hans Conried plays the sidekick to Quine's magician, who is transformed into a beautiful blonde woman who spies and distracts the Grand Vizier while retaining Conried's voice.

Plot summary

Kazah the Great (Paul Henreid), a magician is traveling in Arabia with a circus.

Cast

Hans Conried, Paul Henreid and Patricia Medina in a film still taken by Homer Van Pelt

Paul Henreid as Kazah the Great
Patricia Medina as Princess Zandi
Hans Conried as Ben Ali
Charles Lung as Sultan El Malid
Laurette Luez as Orena
Anne Dore as Leda
George Keymas as Soradin
Michael Fox as Telar
Karl 'Killer' Davis as Morab (as Karl Davis)
Carl Milletaire as Hamid

Production

Patricia Medina signed a three picture contract with Sam Katzman, of which this was the first.^[2]

Filming started 3 September 1952.^[3]

References

↑ http://allmovie.com/work/siren-of-baghdad-110394
↑ MISS MEDINA SIGNS 3-YEAR CONTRACT: Actress to Make Three Films Annually for Katzman -- 'Siren of Baghdad' Will Be First By THOMAS M. PRYORSpecial to THE NEW YORK TIMES.. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 08 Sep 1952: 18.
↑ FREDRIC MARCH SET FOR FOX FILM LEAD: Signs for Top Role in 'Man on a Tightrope,' Anti-Communist Story to Be Made Abroad Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES.. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 02 Aug 1952: 7

External links

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Siren of Bagdad at the American Film Institute Catalog

Films directed by Richard Quine

Leather Gloves (1948)
Sunny Side of the Street (1951)
Purple Heart Diary (1951)
Sound Off (1952)
All Ashore (1953)
Siren of Bagdad (1953)
Cruisin' Down the River (1953)
Drive a Crooked Road (1954)
Pushover (1954)
So This Is Paris (1955)
My Sister Eileen (1955)
The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956)
Full of Life (1956)
Operation Mad Ball (1957)
Bell, Book and Candle (1958)
It Happened to Jane (1959)
Strangers When We Meet (1960)
The World of Suzie Wong (1960)
The Notorious Landlady (1962)
Paris When It Sizzles (1964)
Sex and the Single Girl (1964)
How to Murder Your Wife (1965)
Synanon (1965)
Hotel (1967)
Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad (1967)
A Talent for Loving (1969)
The Moonshine War (1970)
W (1974)
The Prisoner of Zenda (1979)

Films produced by Sam Katzman

Supreme Pictures Corporation

Bob Steele Westerns	Western Justice (1934) A Demon for Trouble (1934) Smokey Smith (1935) Tombstone Terror (1935) Alias John Law (1935) Big Calibre (1935) Sundown Saunders (1935) Brand of the Outlaws (1936)

Victory Pictures Corporation

Peter B. Kyne Adaptations	Danger Ahead (1935) Hot Off the Press (1935) Bars of Hate (1935) The Fighting Coward (1935) A Face in the Fog (1935) Taming the Wild (1936) Rio Grande Romance (1936) Kelly of the Secret Service (1936) Put on the Spot (1936)

Tom Tyler Westerns	Rip Roarin' Buckaroo (1936) The Phantom of the Range (1936) Orphan of the Pecos (1937) Brothers of the West (1937) Cheyenne Rides Again (1937) Lost Ranch (1937) Mystery Range (1937) Feud of the Trail (1937)

Herman Brix Films	Shadow of Chinatown (1936) Two Minutes to Play (1936) Silks and Saddles (1936) Amateur Crook (1937) Flying Fists (1937) Million Dollar Racket (1937) Sky Racket (1937)

Tim McCoy Westerns	Six-Gun Trail (1938) Lightning Carson Rides Again (1938) Texas Wildcats (1939) Code of the Cactus (1939) Outlaws' Paradise (1939) Trigger Fingers (1939) The Fighting Renegade (1939) Straight Shooter (1939)

Serials	Shadow of Chinatown (1936) Blake of Scotland Yard (1937)

Mercury Pictures Corporation

The Rogues Tavern (1936)

Monogram Pictures

East Side Kids	East Side Kids (1940) Boys of the City (1940) That Gang of Mine (1940) Pride of the Bowery (1940) Flying Wild (1941) Bowery Blitzkrieg (1941) Spooks Run Wild (1941) Mr. Wise Guy (1942) Let's Get Tough! (1942) Smart Alecks (1942) 'Neath Brooklyn Bridge (1942) Kid Dynamite (1942) Clancy Street Boys (1943) Ghosts on the Loose (1943) Mr. Muggs Steps Out (1943) Million Dollar Kid (1944) Follow the Leader (1944) Block Busters (1944) Bowery Champs (1944) Docks of New York (1945) Mr. Muggs Rides Again (1945) Come Out Fighting (1945)

Bela Lugosi Movies	Invisible Ghost (1941) Black Dragons (1942) The Corpse Vanishes (1942) Bowery at Midnight (1942) The Ape Man (1943) Voodoo Man (1944) Return of the Ape Man (1944)

Billy Gilbert Movies	Spotlight Scandals (1943) Crazy Knights (1944) Three of a Kind (1944) Trouble Chasers (1945)

The Teen Agers	Junior Prom (1946) Freddie Steps Out (1946) High School Hero (1946) Vacation Days (1947)

Other	Zis Boom Bah (1941)

Columbia Pictures

Mary Lou (1948) Glamour Girl (1948) Going Steady (1958) Crash Landing (1958) Life Begins at 17 (1958) The Flying Fontaines (1959) The Love-Ins (1967) For Singles Only (1968)

Jean Porter	Betty Co-Ed (1946) Little Miss Broadway (1947) Sweet Genevieve (1947) Two Blondes and a Redhead (1947)

Gloria Henry	I Surrender Dear (1948) Racing Luck (1948) Triple Threat (1948) Manhattan Angel (1949)

Jungle Jim	Jungle Jim (1948) The Lost Tribe (1949) Mark of the Gorilla (1950) Captive Girl (1950) Pygmy Island (1950) Fury of the Congo (1951) Jungle Manhunt (1951) Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land (1952) Voodoo Tiger (1952) Savage Mutiny (1953) Valley of the Headhunters (1953) Killer Ape (1953) Jungle Man-Eaters (1954) Cannibal Attack (1954) Jungle Moon Men (1955) Devil Goddess (1956)

Jon Hall	Last of the Redmen (1947) The Prince of Thieves (1948) The Mutineers (1949) When the Redskins Rode (1951) Hurricane Island (1951) Brave Warrior (1952) Last Train from Bombay (1952)

George Montgomery	The Pathfinder (1952) Jack McCall, Desperado (1953) Fort Ti (1953) Masterson of Kansas (1954) The Battle of Rogue River (1954) Seminole Uprising (1955)

Paul Henreid	Last of the Buccaneers (1950) Thief of Damascus (1952) Siren of Bagdad (1953) Pirates of Tripoli (1955)

Other Swashbucklers	Barbary Pirate (1949) Tyrant of the Sea (1950) The Magic Carpet (1951) The Golden Hawk (1952) Slaves of Babylon (1953) Prisoners of the Casbah (1953) Flame of Calcutta (1953) Serpent of the Nile (1953) Prince of Pirates (1953) The Saracen Blade (1954)

Other Westerns	California Conquest (1952) The Law vs. Billy the Kid (1954) Jesse James vs. the Daltons (1954) Charge of the Lancers (1954) Duel on the Mississippi (1955) The Gun That Won the West (1955) Blackjack Ketchum, Desperado (1956) Utah Blaine (1957) The Wild Westerners (1962)

Serials	Who's Guilty? (1945) Jungle Raiders (1945) Brenda Starr, Reporter (1945) Chick Carter, Detective (1946) Hop Harrigan (1946) Son of the Guardsman (1946) Jack Armstrong (1947) The Vigilante (1947) The Sea Hound (1947) Brick Bradford (1947) Superman (1948) Congo Bill (1948) Tex Granger (1948) The Adventures of Sir Galahad (1949) Batman and Robin (1949) Bruce Gentry (1949) Pirates of the High Seas (1950) Cody of the Pony Express (1950) Atom Man vs. Superman (1950) Roar of the Iron Horse (1951) The Mysterious Island (1951) Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere (1951) Son of Geronimo: Apache Avenger (1952) King of the Congo (1952) Blackhawk (1952) The Lost Planet (1953) The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd (1953) Riding with Buffalo Bill (1954) Gunfighters of the Northwest (1954) The Adventures of Captain Africa (1955) Blazing the Overland Trail (1956) Perils of the Wilderness (1956)

Crime	Chinatown at Midnight (1949) State Penitentiary (1950) Revenue Agent (1950) Chain Gang (1950) Target Hong Kong (1953) The Miami Story (1954) New Orleans Uncensored (1955) The Crooked Web (1955) Teen-Age Crime Wave (1955) The Houston Story (1956) Miami Exposé (1956) Rumble on the Docks (1956) Escape from San Quentin (1957) The Tijuana Story (1957) The World Was His Jury (1958)

Musicals	Cha-Cha-Cha Boom! (1956) Rock Around the Clock (1956) Calypso Heat Wave (1957) Don't Knock the Rock (1957) Juke Box Rhythm (1959) Twist Around the Clock (1961) Don't Knock the Twist (1961)

Science Fiction	Lock Up Your Daughters (1951) Creature with the Atom Brain (1955) It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955) Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956) The Werewolf (1956) The Man Who Turned to Stone (1956) Uranium Boom (1956) The Giant Claw (1957) Zombies of Mora Tau (1957) The Night the World Exploded (1957)

War	Purple Heart Diary (1951) A Yank in Korea (1951) A Yank in Indo-China (1952) Sky Commando (1953) The 49th Man (1953) Mission Over Korea (1953)

Robert Stack	Conquest of Cochise (1953) The Iron Glove (1954)

Van Johnson	The Last Blitzkrieg (1959) The Enemy General (1960)

Dennis O'Keefe	Drums of Tahiti (1954) Chicago Syndicate (1955) Inside Detroit (1955)

20th Century Fox

Pirates of Tortuga (1961)
The Wizard of Baghdad (1960)

MGM

American International Pictures

Riot on Sunset Strip (1967)
Angel, Angel, Down We Go (1969)

Other

His Private Secretary (1934)
Tallahassee 7000 (1961) (TV series)
How to Succeed with Sex (1970)
The Loners (1972)

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