Kismet (1944 film)

Kismet is a 1944 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film in Technicolor starring Ronald Colman, Marlene Dietrich, Joy Page, and Florence Bates. James Craig played the young Caliph of Baghdad, and Edward Arnold was the treacherous Grand Vizier. It was directed by William Dieterle, but was not a success at the box office. Dieterle had directed Marlene two decades prior in the German silent film Man By the Wayside, which was both the first role in which Dietrich was cast competitively and Dieterle's directorial debut.

The film is based on the play of the same name by Edward Knoblock, which was also the basis for a 1953 musical. The play had been filmed three times before, in 1914, 1920, and again in 1930 by Warner Brothers in an English version directed by John Francis Dillon and in a German-language version directed by William Dieterle.

Plot

The story takes place "when old Baghdad was new and shiny", in an Arabian Nights atmosphere. Colman plays Hafiz, a middle-aged beggar and magician who parades about as the King of Beggars during the day, and as the Prince of Hassir during the night. As the Prince of Hassir he meets Lady Jamilla (Dietrich), the Queen of the Grand Vizier's harem, who knows he is a poseur but is fascinated by him.

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Died: 2003-09-03

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by: Silent Sanctuary

Didn't mean to take you for granted
Didn't mean to show I don't care
Didn't mean to throw away this once in a lifetime of chance
Being with you
And I'll drive for 2 hours
To bring Butterfingers
I don't mind the distance
This kismet's a dance
This time I surrender
My everything forever
Life doesn't matter
Just our souls together
Pride no longer has room in me
On bended knees in public I cry
Your name for everyone to know that I love you, I love you
Please hear me now
And I'll drive for 2 hours
To bring Butterfingers
I don't mind the distance
This kismet's a dance
This time I surrender
My everything forever
Life doesn't matter
Just our souls together
This time I surrender
My everything forever
Life doesn't matter
Just our souls together
And I'll drive for 2 hours
To bring Butterfingers
I don't mind the distance
This kismet's a dance(dance, dance)
This time I surrender
My everything forever
Life doesn't matter
Just our souls together
This time I surrender
My everything forever
Life doesn't matter
Just our souls together
This time I surrender
My everything...(my everything).ooohh...
And I'll drive for 2 hours
To bring Butterfingers
I don't mind the distance




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