Stylish hokum in which suavely villainous Bela Lugosi commandeers Henry Walthall's death ray with the intention of returning the civilised worth to Year Zero with himself as the Messiah, but reckons without urbane hero Edmund Lowe; a hypnotist rather than a magician.
Made equidistant between the first two versions of 'The Thief of Baghdad', with designs and special effects of the calibre one would expect from the man who worked on both of them, further enhanced by atmospheric photography by the young 'James Howe' (as he is here billed).
Made equidistant between the first two versions of 'The Thief of Baghdad', with designs and special effects of the calibre one would expect from the man who worked on both of them, further enhanced by atmospheric photography by the young 'James Howe' (as he is here billed).