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Q: Where can I find dancers, dancing, and costumes in mainstream movies? A: Aziza Sa'id: Here's a fairly complete list...
Douglas Fairbanks SENIOR without a shirt on. :-) Art Deco costuming, sort of Erte-esque. The lovely and talented Anna Mae Wong as the baddie, who appears to have been abducted from Southeast Asia. - Gwyn "The movie was "Topkapi" which came out in 1964 and earned an Oscar for PeterUstinov (Best Supporting Actor). The dagger is called "The Dagger of Nadir Shah" was to have been a gift to the Shah in 1748 but, unfortunately, he died before the gift was mailed. The dagger has two rows of diamonds and fourlarge emeralds, one of which conceals a small watch." --Robert L. Kirk.. Absolutely Remarkable Music -- Aziza Sa'id
Movie Title
Dancer
Description
Tempest, The
Modern remake of Shakespeare play, taverna scene w/ dancer in background -- Amira
Terror of the Red Mask
Chelo Alonso
Theif of Baghdad, The
(1924) silent with Douglas Fairbanks Sr.
Theif of Baghdad, The
(1940) Sabu, John Juston, Conrad V
eidt, June Duprez. Hollywood Costume Extravaganza, wonderful costumes and sets. Sort of Sinbad meets the Arabian Nights and a bit of Sleeping Beauty and a Genie in a bottle...No dancing.
Thief of Baghdad, The
(1978) less Hollywood, more theatrical. Short snip of man's folk dance around a field camp. Peter Ustinov, Roddy McDowall
Things Are Tough All Over
Maya Harmon
(1982) Cheech & Chong
Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze, The
Tin Pan Alley
(1940) "...Speaking of Betty Grable a couple of her movies have middle eastern themed musical numbers. One is a duet with Alice Faye that also includes dancing by the Nickolas Brothers. The song is the 'Sheik of Araby'." --Sadira
Tobe Hooper
Topkapi
it involved a group of thieves in Turkey stealing the sultans dagger, with Melina Mercouri ...
Tracer
ne of the Trancer movies, #6 perhaps... caught in the middle, but heroes were in alternate dimension and approaching a castle of Great Evil or some such, from which none returned, they bravely entered and were soon engulfed by a sea of swarming writhing belly dancers, no real dancing as i recall, but very funny... every now and they one hero would "come up for air" and ask a silly question like what year was it, then be drug back "under" by the sea of dancers... i forget how they escaped, but of course it was with only tremendous personal willpower... LOL -- Amira
Train Ride to Hollywood
(1978) featuring harem girls
Traveler's Gin
Maria
(2000)
Tripoli
(1950) Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, Howard da Silva
Turkish Bath, The
(Also released as "Hamam" and "Steam") This carefully paced and beautifully filmed drama explores the culture clash from the perspective of a turkish italian who returns to his homeland to sell the bathhouse he's inherited and discovers romance and a lifestyle far preferable to the one he left in Italy. made in 1996 directed by Ferzan Ozpetek, subtitled -- Ruth
Two Faces of Dr. Jeckyll
snake dancing
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