Sam katzman july 7 1901 august 4 1973 was an american film producer and director.
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Cohn was forced to honor the agreement and to his credit he allowed a higher production budget for the magic carpet 1951 which was filmed in technicolor.
The film opened in los angeles on october 18 1951 three days after i love lucy premiered.
Directed by lew landers.
Starting out producing action adventure serials where he got the nickname jungle sam katzman s output encompassed virtually every genre imaginable.
It s actually pretty lavish by producer sam katzman s usual standards.
The film stars lucille ball john agar patricia medina george tobias raymond burr gregory gaye rick vallin and gary klein the film was released on october 18 1951 by columbia pictures.
The magic carpet 1951 full cast crew.
Princess narah lucille ball sister of the fake ruler is attracted to him until she learns he plans a.
The magic carpet 1951 dir.
Abdullah john agar has reached manhood as the son of a physician without knowing he is the true caliph of islam.
The disposable film in question the magic carpet 1951 was produced for columbia pictures by sam katzman who specialized in b movies and serials and in the same year was attached to projects like the jungle jim entry fury of the congo the george washington historical fiction when the redskins rode and the 15 chapter captain video master of the stratosphere.
New york born sam katzman entered the film industry as a prop boy at age 13 and worked his way up the ladder learning virtually every facet of film production before becoming a producer himself.
Lew landers 84 min.
She may very well have worked on the magic carpet for as little as five days she s not in it all that much top billing notwithstanding but i doubt the film was made for 170 000 though it probably did come in for well under 500 000.
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Lew landers writing credits.
Lew landers sam katzman lucille ball john agar patricia medina george tobias raymond burr gregory gay rick vallin.
Abdullah john agar has reached manhood as the son of a physician without knowing he is the true caliph of islam.
Stirred by the conditions in his country he infiltrates the palace and plans a rebellion.
Uncredited cinematography by.
Cinecolor 1 37 1 the caliph and his queen are overthrown and murdered by the evil ali and his just as rotten vizier but they manage to send their infant son to safety on the family s prize possession a flying carpet.
Producer music by.
Director of photography.
