Editing The Thief of Bagdad (1924 film) (section)

==Production==
[[File:California - Hollywood - NARA - 23934377.jpg|thumb|Aerial photo of the set]]
Fairbanks sought to make an epic.<ref name="Finler p. 16.">Finler 1975, p. 16.</ref> Lavishly staged on a Hollywood studio set, at a reputed cost of $1,135,654.65,<ref>Vance 2008, p. 153.</ref> ''The Thief of Bagdad'' was one of the most expensive films of the 1920s. Art director [[William Cameron Menzies]] was largely responsible for the production design, closely following the requirements laid down by Fairbanks, who acted as writer, producer and star. Fairbanks' meticulous attention to detail,<ref>Whitford 2007, p. 216.</ref> as well as complex visual imagery, required the use of state-of-the-art special effects, featuring a magic rope, a flying horse, a flying carpet and full-scale palace sets.<ref name="Finler p. 16."/>