The Tales of a Thousand and One Nights
Story of the adventures of the resourceful Scheherazade. Newly married to Shahryar, a deranged monarch who murders his brides after the wedding night, Scheherazade manages to keep her head by entertai…
The Tales of a Thousand and One Nights
Story of the adventures of the resourceful Scheherazade. Newly married to Shahryar, a deranged monarch who murders his brides after the wedding night, Scheherazade manages to keep her head by entertaining her husband with exciting stories. "Gul-Y-Hanar," the first of the thousand and one stories told by Scheherazade, concerns itself with this beautiful Princess, who through a series of mishaps, finds herself at the mercy of a heathen Sultan. The Sultan's son, who had been converted to the God Allah, falls in love with the Princess - and for this both are ordered to be executed when a miracle happens that saves them both from death. The lovers are separated, and only after many weird and exciting incidents are they reunited to live their lives in peace and happiness. —Exhibitors Herald, February 28, 1925
The Tales of a Thousand and One Nights
Adventure,Fantasy,Romance
Film Details
Story of the adventures of the resourceful Scheherazade. Newly married to Shahryar, a deranged monarch who murders his brides after the wedding night, Scheherazade manages to keep her head by entertaining her husband with exciting stories. "Gul-Y-Hanar," the first of the thousand and one stories told by Scheherazade, concerns itself with this beautiful Princess, who through a series of mishaps, finds herself at the mercy of a heathen Sultan.
The Sultan's son, who had been converted to the God Allah, falls in love with the Princess - and for this both are ordered to be executed when a miracle happens that saves them both from death. The lovers are separated, and only after many weird and exciting incidents are they reunited to live their lives in peace and happiness. —Exhibitors Herald, February 28, 1925.