简介：Douglas Fairbanks spared no expense for what may be the most lavish fantasy movie ever made. Inspired by the flying-carpet effects of Fritz Lang's somber but spectacular Der Müde Tod, Fairbanks (ever the canny businessman) bought the American rights, then hid the film away as he created his own show-stopping adventure, an adaptation of A Thousand and One Nights in which the magic-carpet ride was but one of many fantastic marvels. Swaggering through massive marketplace sets and cavernous throne rooms as an incorrigible thief and pickpocket, he scales towering walls (with the help of a magic rope) and leads a merry chase through crowded bazaars in his pursuit of loot--until he falls in love with the beautiful princess and vows to win her heart. This jaunty opening is but mere preamble to the spectacular second act. As three kings scour the globe to retrieve the rarest treasures known to man, the repentant thief embarks on an odyssey through caverns of fire and underwater caves. The marvelous special effects--from the smoke-belching dragon and underwater spider to the flying horse and magic armies arising from the dust--may show their seams but glow with a timeless sense of wonder. William Cameron Menzies's magnificent sets appear to have leapt from the pages of a storybook. As the adventure concludes in a torrent of movie magic that cascades nonstop through the breathless final hour, Fairbanks commands the screen with a hearty laugh and graceful athleticism, the cinema's first action hero triumphant. Kino's restored edition is tinted and features an organ score by Gaylord Carter. --Sean Axmaker
简介：海伦（斯蒂芬妮·莱昂尼达斯 Stephanie Leonidas 饰）从小在马戏团长大，可是身边那些让所有孩子兴奋的事物却只能让她感到厌倦，她想逃离这种不真实的生活，因此和父母发生冲突。不幸接踵而至，先是妈妈（乔安妮·坎贝尔 Joanne Campbell 饰）在表演中倒下，住进医院，接着父亲透露马戏团经营陷入危机。心怀压抑和愧疚的海伦进入一场梦境，那里由光明女皇和黑暗女皇同时统治，但是光明女皇病倒了，世界的平衡被打破，海伦受托去寻找“镜面具”，以拯救这个梦中世界。在小丑瓦伦丁（贾森·巴瑞 Jason Barry 饰）的陪伴下，海伦踏上寻找“镜面具”的路途，似乎只有先拯救梦境，才可以拯救现实……