European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 11, 1947, Darmstadt, Hesse Douglas is the fabulous Lover and rogue in the tradition of his illustrious father and goes him one better now showing of the zone is ii bad the Sailor this fanciful tale in the True arabian nights manner Doest try to be convincing a Hollywood movie studios seem to be knocking each other Over in attempts to outdo one another in lavish sets and length of film Kos latest entry in the unofficial contest is called sinbad the Sailor and it employs every flamboyant splash known to the business for two hours of a fast moving treasure never a Dull thanks to Douglas and his never ending Hes in one fix and barely out of it before Hes right into he does it patterning his agile leaps and swings from Cypress Trees the tradition of his whether outsmarting a pair of villains on the Island of de Yabar or snatching the veiled heroine from a harem you know he just cant 14 and in True arabian nights fashion he you dont expect to but with pure escapist fantasy the tale carries on All its preposterous incidents and if youre in the right be there if youre easy to be carried the Story itself really int much More than a fanciful Hodgepodge of but in its own rough Way it holds the picture opens with sinbad relating one of his yarns to Sorrie fellow sailors and fades into the Story of his finding a death ship and the map for Alexander the greats treasure on the legendary Island of on the Trail Are the greedy Emir of the beauteous and sinbad wily sinbad recounting of the in what Hollywood believes to be arabian grows More fabulous with each Chase Down polished Palace corridors followed by eve increasing throngs of As the time for the newsreel he from the Island with his Lovely sinbad finishes his he grasps handfuls pearls from the air and casts them on the his listeners scramble for them and find o alexanders treasure was and True treasure lies Only in the sweeps Shireen into his arms and sails the entire production is not meant to taken seriously or taken but i you ready for a trip to the technicolor land of believe with ornate sets and find sinbad the Sailor an unabashed fable and lots of
