jun 19, 1924 - The Thief of Baghdad

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Dir: Raul Walsh

Technically ground breaking film using many new tricks to bring the film alive including; Slow motion, double exposure, animation and minatures, tracking shots.

First film to cost over $1 million.

Raul Walsh started as a stage actor before a being a first AD for D.W. Griffith including 'Birth of a Nation'. Renowned for pushing camerawork including his 1915 film 'Regeneration'.

Also gave John Wayne his break in 1930's 'The Big Trail' and furthered the careers of Humphrey Bogart in 'High Sierra', 1941 and James Cagney in 'White Heat', 1949.

Other films include:

The Rocking Twenties
Dark Command
High Sierra
They Died With Their Boots On
White Heat

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