Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (1917) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained

Release, runtime and language

1917 · 80 mins

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Directed by

Sidney Franklin, Chester M. Franklin

Starring

Raymond Lee, Ted Billings, F.A. Turner, Alfred Paget, Francis Carpenter, Elmo Lincoln

In Baghdad, Princess Badr al‑Budur, the Sultan’s daughter, loves Aladdin, a poor tailor’s son, and spurns the alchemist al‑Talib her father selects. Al‑Talib learns of a magic lamp hidden in a cave and hires Aladdin, who retrieves it but keeps it after sensing his evil. With its wishes Aladdin gains wealth and wins the princess. When al‑Talib steals the lamp and kidnaps Badr al‑Budur to the desert, Aladdin follows with only a gourd of water until the Sultan’s men rescue him.