Search results
Ali Baba Goes to Town is a 1937 American musical comedy film directed by David Butler and starring Eddie Cantor, Tony Martin, and Roland Young. Cantor plays a hobo named Aloysius "Al" Babson, who walks into the camp of a movie company that is making the Arabian Nights .
A movie company is doing the Arabian Nights when a hobo enters their camp, falls asleep and dreams he's back in Baghdad as advisor to the Sultan. In a spoof of Rosevelt's New Deal, he organizes work programs, taxes the rich and abolishes the army.
- (607)
- Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
- David Butler
- 1937-10-29
Synopsis. Aloysius "Al" Babson, a star-struck autograph hound on his vacation to Hollywood, falls out of a boxcar in the desert. Startled to see a horde of Arab riders heading toward him, he runs into an Arabian village, where some riders fall over him.
- David Butler
- Eddie Cantor
Ali Baba Goes to Town is a 1937 film starring Eddie Cantor, Tony Martin, and Roland Young. Cantor plays a hobo named Aloysius "Al" Babson, who walks into the camp of a movie company that is making the Arabian Nights. He falls asleep and dreams he is in Baghdad as an advisor to the Sultan (Young).
- David Butler
Story. While visiting Hollywood a starstruck movie fan (Eddie Cantor) fantasizes about himself cast in an Arabian adventure. Director David Butler's comedy--with many songs--also features Tony Martin, Roland Young, Gypsy Rose Lee (billed as Rose Hovick), John Carradine, June Lang, Virginia Field, Charles Lane, The Peters Sisters and many big ...
Apr 10, 2022 · Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937) Original Trailer Starring Eddie Cantor. jeffsabu. 16.6K subscribers. Subscribed. 15. 1.3K views 2 years ago. Starring Eddie Cantor, Tony Martin, Roland Young,...
- 3 min
- 1462
- jeffsabu
Ali Baba Goes to Town. All Al Babson (Eddie Cantor) wants when he stumbles onto the set of a movie about Ali Baba is an autograph. Instead, he winds up with a head injury. Wanting to...
- Musical, Comedy, Fantasy
