ALADDIN AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP aka Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp (1917) – Remember how the 1976 movie Bugsy Malone presented a gangster tale with children in all the roles? And how Shirley Temple starred in an entire series of Baby Burlesque shorts with all-child casts in assorted genres? Well, this 80-minute silent film was earlier than all of them.
All but a few roles are played by children and the Genie is played by one of the adults in the cast – Elmo Lincoln, who would star as the first screen Tarzan the following year. The child cast members overact like crazy but to me that just adds to the cartoonish charm of Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp. Continue reading
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