Movie |
Caliph | Arranged Marriage
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Best Music Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture | 1945
Best Sound Recording | 1945
Best Art DirectionInterior Decoration Color | 1945
Best Cinematography Color | 1945
Budget 3,015,000 USD
Box Office Collection 1,827,000 USD
The decision to paint Dietrich's legs gold was a last resort. Initially, they had made fine mesh "tights" for her, like chain-mail. It took several hours to close the links up the back using jeweler's pliers. However, after she was encased in the mesh, it was discovered she couldn't move, so they undid the tights and resorted to gold paint.
An additional dance sequence was cut from the film; it later showed up in the Abbott and Castello comedy Lost in a Harem (1944).
The August 23,1944 New York Times MGM Kismet movie review included the following: "James Craig is a personable Caliph and perfectly acceptable in that role with the minor exception of his rich Southern accent, which, indeed, prompted one spectator to refer to him as Caliph 'of Baghdad on the Swannee' ".
Marlene Dietrich's dance was so erotic that it was cut from the movie when it aired on television and was only restored very recently.
Life Magazine reported that Marlene Dietrich had her legs painted with four coats of gold paint, and her hair sprinkled with powdered gold for her exotic dance number.
"Karsha: [Referring to Hafiz's daughter, Marsinah] You think she's going to wither away waiting for your fairy tales to come true? Hafiz: She's waiting for her fate in all its splendor. Karsha: The fate for a beggar's daughter is a camel boy. Hafiz: Silence, misery!"
"[first lines] Narrator: Once upon a time when old Baghdad was new and shiny, there was a beggar and what a rascal!"
