Kismet (1930 film)
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Budget 600,000 USD Duration Country United States | 5.8/10 IMDb Genre Adventure, Fantasy, Romance Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date October 30, 1930 Cast (Hajj), (Marsinah), (Caliph Abdallah), (Wazir Mansur), Mary Duncan (Zeleekha), Montagu Love (The Jailer)Similar movies The Dark Knight Rises , The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring , The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey , The Sorcerer's Apprentice , Howl's Moving Castle , Pompeii |
Home movies on the set of kismet 1930 the lost film
Kismet is a 1930 American pre-Code costume drama film photographed entirely in an early widescreen process using 65mm film that Warner Bros. called Vitascope. The film, now considered lost, was based on Edward Knoblock's play Kismet, and was previously filmed as a silent film in 1920 which also starred Otis Skinner.
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- Home movies on the set of kismet 1930 the lost film
- Kismet otis skinner 1930 lost movie slideshow with music
- Plot
- Production
- Preservation status
- Foreign language versions
- References

Kismet otis skinner 1930 lost movie slideshow with music
Plot
Hajj, a rascally beggar on the periphery of the court of Baghdad, schemes to marry his daughter to royalty and to win the heart of the queen of the castle himself.
Production
Warner Bros. spared no expense in making this picture. They spent $600,000 in producing it and the extravagance of the film was noted by every reviewer. The film played in ten cities across the United States in the wide-screen Vitascope (65mm) version while the rest of the country (which did not yet have theaters capable of playing widescreen films) were provided with standard 35mm prints.
Preservation status
The enormous amount of Pre-Code content (especially in the sequences in the harem) probably contributed to the film's loss.
Two remakes, both in color, were made of the film, one in 1944 and the other in 1955. The 1955 version was an adaptation of the hit Broadway musical based on the play. Some sources claim that the original 1930 film featured Technicolor sequences. The film is considered lost, while the complete soundtrack of the film survives on Vitaphone disks.
Foreign language versions
One Foreign Language Version of the 1930 version of Kismet was made. The German version, also titled Kismet, was directed by William Dieterle, and was released in 1931.
References
Kismet (1930 film) WikipediaKismet (1930 film) IMDb Kismet (1930 film) themoviedb.org