Sinbad the Sailor

Douglas Fairbanks Jr fits well in this swashbuckling adventure as Sinbad, in the ferish search for the treausre of Alexander the Great in the island of Deryabar. Maureen O'Hara is great in the role of the ambitious and beautiful sheik's daughter in search of wealth, while Walter Slezak plays two roles, the devilish Jamal and the trecherous barber Malik. Anthony Quinn is magnificent in the role of the prince in the quest to conquer the world with the tresure of Alexander the Great. Product Description

Sinbad the Sailor

Your Agent, sent me the Sinbad the Sailor DVD knowing that it was not fomatted to play in the United States. Then charge my Credit Card for
payment prior to the 30 days for viewing the DVD. I suggest that Amazon
not use this company for the sale of DVDs May 3, 2008

sinbad the sailor

I had not seen this movie in years despite looking for it on video. That should tell how long. But the movie was so great to watch again. Douglas Fairbanks Jr. was a perfect sinbad and plays the part with such great flair that I have a hard time seeing anyone else in the role. February 8, 2008

Blatant ripoff

The H. Bala is who gave this a 4-star rating is obvuously a shill for the people responsible for foisting this abysmal-quality bootleg copy of an excellent film I, like others, have waited for years to be made available on DVD.

THIS IS AN ILLEGAL TRANSFER COPY FROM A VHS TAPE AND THE QUALITY IS NON-EXISTENT.

I bought and returned this item last month (December 2007) after alerting Amazon to the fact that this is a product to be dropped and for Amazon to notify authorities of its existence.

CAVEAT EMPTOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! January 6, 2008

Junior takes a page from his dad

Sinbad (Douglas Fairbanks, Jr) chances upon a map he believes will lead him to Deryabar, Alexander the Great's fabled island of riches. Sinbad sets off on his treasure hunt and, along the way, romances the beautiful but avaricious Shireen (Maureen O'Hara) and draws the ire of the Emir of Daibul (Anthony Quinn). Plenty of derring-do here, and high seas excitement, exotic settings and best of all - a brash, mellifluous Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. I first saw this Arabian Nights adventure when I was a kid a lazy Saturday afternoon ago. I tremendously enjoyed SINBAD THE SAILOR then and it hasn't lost its luster over the years, with repeated viewings.

This was a watershed film for Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. He was ever struggling to get out from under the shadow of his more famous father, who practically invented swashbuckling. He had just finished a 5-year active-duty stint in the Navy during WW2 and wasn't certain if he still had a movie career. But RKO studios offered him SINBAD THE SAILOR, a film bigger or as big as anything he had done before. The result is one of Fairbanks, Jr's best vehicles, as he instills his Sinbad with a boyish swagger and flamboyance, proving to any doubters that he could buckle his swash with the best of them.

Be advised that, in this film, Fairbanks Jr. arches his eyebrows liberally, fingers his beard theatrically, laughs his triumphant "ha-ha's" overtly, and gesticulates broadly. But his emoting fits the exaggerated persona of his character. Fairbanks Jr, in this role, has a twinkle in his eye and a tongue firmly in cheek, seemingly having the time of his life. As done in 1947, I rate it a very good performance. Maureen O'Hara is as feisty and gorgeous as ever, with nary a trace of her Irish accent (with her glorious red hair and vivid personality, she was dubbed "the Queen of Technicolor"). Anthony Quinn and Walter Slezak enhance the goings-on with their villainy.

Two favorite scenes of mine when I first saw this thousands of years ago: Sinbad, covetous of a certain baggala (ship) under auction, ostensibly lauds the merits of the ship to the bidders only to end up discouraging them, which was his real scheme all along. The other scene is much later on, as Sinbad performs a magic trick in front of Shireen, the Emir and his guards. Watching these tidbit moments of yesteryear now, I'm reminded of the sense of excitement and wonder I felt in experiencing this movie. For hours afterwards, a long time ago, I went around waving a stick like a sword and spouting heroic Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. movie quotes. Then my dad took away the stick and told me to be quiet, so that was that.

Hopefully, you'll be jolted with a similar tingle of fun and nostalgia when you pop this cinematic, swashbuckling oldie in your dvd player. Cheers. December 17, 2007

Rip off copy

I've been waiting for this movie to come out on DVD for years and when I saw this release advertised on Amazon I was delighted. However after I got the video it was very dis-heartening to find out it was a rip off bootleg copy. I didn't think Amazon sold this kind of junk. I thought it was illegal. Amazon please pull bootleg copies like this off your website and will whomever owns the legitimate rights to this movie please release a good version on DVD for all of us loyal fans. December 16, 2007

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