History Film / SinbadTheSailor

* HeroesWantRedheads: And so do villains.

The film is notable for its lavish production values, including detailed paintings and models, and for its [[PurpleProse florid pseudo-Arabian dialogue]]. Fairbanks makes an [[BigHam over the top and highly acrobatic]] Sinbad and he looks very fine in his chest-baring shirts and poofy pants. Maureen O'Hara's Shireen is a fine addition to her gallery of haughty princesses and sword-wielding [[PirateGirl pirates]], while Anthony Quinn's Emir Maffi of Daibul is a coldly menacing butcher. George Tobias's Abbu and Walter Slezak's Melik are quirkily amusing. The lush Romantic Hollywood-Arabian score is by Roy Webb.

* {{Flynning}}: Fairbanks out-Flynns [[ErrolFlynn Flynn]] in the spectacular chase through Maffi's palace.

''Sinbad the Sailor'' is a 1947 Technicolor fantasy-{{swashbuckler}} film from RKO, directed by Richard Wallace, and starring Creator/DouglasFairbanksJr, Creator/MaureenOHara, Creator/AnthonyQuinn, and Walter Slezak. It tells the tale of the "eighth" voyage of Literature/SinbadTheSailor, wherein he discovers the lost treasure of Alexander the Great. The film is notable for its lavish production values, including detailed paintings and models, and for its [[PurpleProse florid pseudo-Arabian dialogue]]. Fairbanks makes an [[BigHam over the top and highly acrobatic]] Sinbad and he looks very fine in his chest-baring shirts and poofy pants. Maureen O'Hara's Shireen is a fine addition to her gallery of haughty princesses and sword-wielding [[PirateGirl pirates]], while Anthony Quinn's Emir Maffi of Daibul is a coldly menacing butcher. George Tobias's Abbu and Walter Slezak's Melik are quirkily amusing. The lush Romantic Hollywood-Arabian score is by Roy Webb.

->''O Masters, O Noble Persons, O Brothers, know you that in the time of the Caliph Harun-Al-Rashid, there lived on the golden shore of Persia a man of adventure called Sinbad the Sailor. Strange and wondrous were the tales told of him and his voyages. But who, shall we surmise, gave him his immortality? Who, more than all other sons of Allah, spread glory to the name of Sinbad? Who else, O Brother, but -- Sinbad the Sailor! Know me, O Brothers, for the truth of my words, and by the ears of the Prophet, every word I have spoken is truth!''

''Sinbad the Sailor'' is a 1947 Technicolor fantasy-{{swashbuckler}} film from RKO, directed by Richard Wallace, and starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Creator/MaureenOHara, Creator/AnthonyQuinn, and Walter Slezak. It tells the tale of the "eighth" voyage of Literature/SinbadTheSailor, wherein he discovers the lost treasure of Alexander the Great. The film is notable for its lavish production values, including detailed paintings and models, and for its [[PurpleProse florid pseudo-Arabian dialogue]]. Fairbanks makes an [[BigHam over the top and highly acrobatic]] Sinbad and he looks very fine in his chest-baring shirts and poofy pants. Maureen O'Hara's Shireen is a fine addition to her gallery of haughty princesses and sword-wielding [[PirateGirl pirates]], while Anthony Quinn's Emir Maffi of Daibul is a coldly menacing butcher. George Tobias's Abbu and Walter Slezak's Melik are quirkily amusing. The lush Romantic Hollywood-Arabian score is by Roy Webb.

-->Daryabar turns out to be a dreadful place, a barren island surrounded by wrecked ships, but in its center stands a beautiful palace inhabited only by a old man, the Aga (Alan Napier) and a single servant. A sudden attack of conscience causes Sinbad to proclaim his true identity and warn the Aga not to give up his treasure but the gold means nothing to the old man and he calmly reveals the treasure overflowing from the vaults below in the basin of a fountain. Jamal and the Emir promptly turn on each other, giving the Aga an opportunity to rescue Sinbad -- who really ''is'' his son -- and Shireen. Together they retake the ship and kill the Emir with Greek fire.

* KillItWithFire: With Greek fire, to be exact.

* TheFaceless: Jamal

* FramingDevice: The opening and closing scenes of the movie show Sinbad regaling a skeptical audience of his adventures.

-->"All the seven voyages are multiplied, like seven echoes returning to the tongue of their master. And what astonishing voyages."

RKO had to scuttle its plan to present this film as a 1946 Christmas-season attraction when a strike at the Technicolor processing plant delayed the making of prints. Needing a black-and-white movie for its 1946 yuletide schedule, RKO chose a film destined to become a holiday perennial: FrankCapra's ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife''.

'''''Sinbad the Sailor''''' is a 1947 Technicolor fantasy-{{swashbuckler}} film from RKO, directed by Richard Wallace, and starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Maureen O'Hara, Anthony Quinn, and Walter Slezak. It tells the tale of the "eighth" voyage of Literature/SinbadTheSailor, wherein he discovers the lost treasure of Alexander the Great. The film is notable for its lavish production values, including detailed paintings and models, and for its [[PurpleProse florid pseudo-Arabian dialogue]]. Fairbanks makes an [[BigHam over the top and highly acrobatic]] Sinbad and he looks very fine in his chest-baring shirts and poofy pants. Maureen O'Hara's Shireen is a fine addition to her gallery of haughty princesses and sword-wielding [[PirateGirl pirates]], while Anthony Quinn's Emir Maffi of Daibul is a coldly menacing butcher. George Tobias's Abbu and Walter Slezak's Melik are quirkily amusing. The lush Romantic Hollywood-Arabian score is by Roy Webb.

* ArabianNightsDays: The setting, which starts in 8th-9th century Basra, Iraq (probably in the month Sha'ban [[hottip:* : We are told that "this ''is'' the eighth month," and also that "it ''is'' spring."]] between 810 - 813 CE [[hottip:* :because Harun-al-Rashid is reigning in Baghdad]], moves to Daibul (probably Dabhol (or Dabul) on the western coast of India), and ends somewhere to the south of there.

Not to be confused with [[PopeyeTheSailorMeetsSindbadTheSailor this most remarkable, extraordinary fellow]].

* GreenEyedRedhead: Shireen, again. (Helps to be played by Maureen O'Hara)

'''''Sinbad the Sailor''''' is a 1947 Technicolor fantasy-{{swashbuckler}} film from RKO, directed by Richard Wallace, and starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Maureen O'Hara, Anthony Quinn, and Walter Slezak. It tells the tale of the "eighth" voyage of SinbadTheSailor, wherein he discovers the lost treasure of Alexander the Great. The film is notable for its lavish production values, including detailed paintings and models, and for its [[PurpleProse florid pseudo-Arabian dialogue]]. Fairbanks makes an [[BigHam over the top and highly acrobatic]] Sinbad and he looks very fine in his chest-baring shirts and poofy pants. Maureen O'Hara's Shireen is a fine addition to her gallery of haughty princesses and sword-wielding [[PirateGirl pirates]], while Anthony Quinn's Emir Maffi of Daibul is a coldly menacing butcher. George Tobias's Abbu and Walter Slezak's Melik are quirkily amusing. The lush Romantic Hollywood-Arabian score is by Roy Webb.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Shireen is [[TheQuietMan Mary Kate Danaher]] and [[Film/MiracleOnThirtyFourthStreet Doris Walker]]; Abbu is [[Series/{{Bewitched}} Abner Kravitz]]; Melik and the Aga are [[Series/{{Batman}} Clock King]] and [[Series/{{Batman}} Alfred, the faithful butler]], respectively; the auctioneer who sells Sinbad's ship is [[ItsAWonderfulLife Nick the Bartender]].

* PurpleProse: Nearly all the characters are prone to bursts of flowery Arabesque eloquence ("If I could pry Daryabar's secret from Prince Ahmed, I'd hold the Key of Keys!") -- which leads to occasional, possibly intentional [[{{Narm}} bathos]] when they return to Earth ("I could make Sheba look like a frump").

-->'''Jamal:''' So true it was that only one out of three could survive. But in no wise could you hurt me greatly. With nothing more to seek, possessions could become quite dreary. The quest of a lifetime -- I won it. The wealth of the earth -- I found it. [[spoiler: No. I was not [[TheWoobie a failure]].]]

* {{Retcon}}: Sinbad does this to the story of {{Aladdin}}.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Shireen is [[TheQuietMan Mary Kate Danaher]] and [[Film/MiracleOnThirtyFourthStreet Doris Walker]]; Abbu is [[{{Bewitched}} Abner Kravitz]]; Melik and the Aga are [[Series/{{Batman}} Clock King]] and [[Series/{{Batman}} Alfred, the faithful butler]], respectively; the auctioneer who sells Sinbad's ship is [[ItsAWonderfulLife Nick the Bartender]].

* DidNotDoTheResearch: Or maybe just [[TheyJustDidntCare ignored it]]. Sinbad says, "There is no God but Allah; there is no Sinbad but Sinbad the Sailor." The whole point of the original stories is that they are told by SinbadTheSailor to ''Sinbad the Beggar''.
** Possible FridgeBrilliance as the two Sinbads met long after Sinbad's adventures ended, and Sinbad the Sailor didn't know of the other Sinbad.

* ArabianNights: In all their Technicolor glory.

-->She tells Sinbad about the mysterious Jamal, an elusive and deadly figure also seeking the treasure of Daryabar, and that her Emir is interested as well. Sinbad acquires a new crew, including an additional comic relief Melik, an incompetent barber (Walter Slezak). Sailing to Daibul in search of the [[McGuffin chart to the island]], which he thinks is in Shireen's possession, Sinbad successfully penetrates the harem but, after a spectacular chase, is captured by the guards. Fortunately the Emir thinks "Prince Ahmed" has the chart and is all charm in an attempt to get it. Sinbad uses a magic trick to escape, carrying Shireen off with him. Back aboard the ''Prince Ahmed'' he discovers she does NOT have the chart and she discovers that not only doesn't he have it, but he isn't Prince Ahmed at all but Sinbad the Sailor -- who, as it happens, has always impressed the heck out of her.

RKO had to scuttle its plan to present this film as a 1946 Christmas-season attraction when a strike at the Technicolor processing plant delayed the making of prints. Needing a black-and-white movie for its 1946 yuletide schedule, RKO chose a film destined to become a holiday perennial: FrankCapra's ''[[ItsAWonderfulLife It's a Wonderful Life]]''.

* AGodAmI: Maffi starts to have these delusions, planning to seize "the power of the world" and referring to Sinbad as "quite a foolish little mortal."

* {{Flynning}}: Fairbanks out Flynns [[ErrolFlynn Flynn]] in the spectacular chase through Maffi's palace.

* [[HeyItsThatGuy Hey, It's That Guy!]]: Shireen is [[TheQuietMan Mary Kate Danaher]] and [[Film/MiracleOnThirtyFourthStreet Doris Walker]]; Abbu is [[{{Bewitched}} Abner Kravitz]]; Melik and the Aga are [[Series/{{Batman}} Clock King]] and [[Series/{{Batman}} Alfred, the faithful butler]], respectively; the auctioneer who sells Sinbad's ship is [[ItsAWonderfulLife Nick the Bartender]].

* MadeASlave: Abbu and Yusuf
* McGuffin: The information needed to find Daryabar. Sinbad thinks Shireen has it, Shireen and her Emir think "Prince Ahmed" has it; as it turns out, it's ''Jamal'' who has it.

* [[{{ptitlemmu9l6ginfls}} Orphan's Plot Trinket]]: The medallion.

* [[PrivateMilitaryContractors Private Military Contractor]]: Muallin, who switches sides instantly as soon as someone has the upper hand over his former master.

* RetCon: Sinbad does this to the story of {{Aladdin}}.

* ThirtyGambitPileup: ''Everybody'' in this film has got an agenda and is trying to use the other characters to achieve it.

* [[HeyItsThatGuy Hey, It's That Guy!]]: Shireen is [[TheQuietMan Mary Kate Danaher]] and [[{{ptitleh8u8yyub}} Doris Walker]]; Abbu is [[{{Bewitched}} Abner Kravitz]]; Melik and the Aga are [[Series/{{Batman}} Clock King]] and [[Series/{{Batman}} Alfred, the faithful butler]], respectively; the auctioneer who sells Sinbad's ship is [[ItsAWonderfulLife Nick the Bartender]].