VOICE CHOICES ARCHIVES The Thief of Bagdad
by J. Hoberman
(Raoul Walsh, 1924).
The most lavish of Douglas Fairbanks vehicles features all manner of still-impressive special effects, plus the swashbuckling star cavorting amidst William Cameron Menzies’s spectacular sets—and a memorable turn by Anna May Wong as a “Mongol spy.”
Mon., Jan. 5, 8:15 p.m.; Sat., Jan. 10, 3:15 p.m., 2009