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Ali Baba Goes to Town. 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. He falls asleep and dreams he is in Baghdad as an ...
Ali Baba Goes to Town: Directed by David Butler. With Eddie Cantor, Tony Martin, Roland Young, June Lang. 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.
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- Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
- David Butler
- 1937-10-29
Critics found Cantor as appealing as ever in Ali Baba Goes to Town. Time magazine's critic wrote, "Haroun-al-Cantor's venture into political satire is tuneful, gay, imaginatively written, generously produced." A few days before the film went into nationwide release, a celebration was held marking Cantor's 25th anniversary as "a prime factor in ...
- David Butler
- Eddie Cantor
Apr 10, 2022 · Starring Eddie Cantor, Tony Martin, Roland Young, John Caradine, and Gypsy Rose Lee
- 3 min
- 1407
- 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 fend off a ...
- David Butler
- Musical, Comedy, Fantasy
- Eddie Cantor
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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-name guest stars playing themselves.