The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
Directed by Raoul Walsh
A recalcitrant thief vies with a duplicitous Mongol ruler for the hand of a beautiful princess.
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The choreography of Dastan's jumping-jack athleticism borrows from the bouncy French tradition known as parkour (introduced to movie audiences in 2004's "District 13"), but the chaotic editing and frequent closeups sabotage the admirable work of the stunt men and disrupt the sense of genuine athleticism conveyed by (for example) daring Douglas Fairbanks in the silent "The Thief of Bagdad," an Arabian Nights genre predecessor.
He's an orphan; his birth parents are two movies, the Douglas Fairbanks Sr. (1924) and Michael Powell (1940) versions of “ The Thief of Bagdad .”