April 22 movie: A Thousand and One Nights. A satiric version of the Aladdin story in the tradition of the Road movies. Lots of anachronistic jokes and breaking of the fourth wall, mostly provided by Phil Silvers. Who played Aladdin's best friend in a turban, long pointy sideburns and freaky cat-eye glasses. Well-worth seeing. Also starred Cornel Wilde as Aladdin. Who, sadly, looks more like he might be from the Middle East than anyone else in the movie. This is the whitest Thousand and One Nights imaginable. All the female characters are fair and blonde! Wilde and Silvers do a great duet called "No More Women/I Like Women", which I tried to find on CD but it doesn't seem to be available.
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