Kismet (1955 film)

Kismet 1955 is an American musical film in Cinemascope and Eastman Color released by MetroGoldwynMayer. It is the fourth movie version of Kismetthe first was released in 1920 and the second in 1930 by Warner Brothersand the second released by MGM. The 1955 film is based on the successful 1953 musical Kismet, while the three earlier versions are based on the original 1911 play by Edward Knoblock.

Hearing the noise of the Caliphs wedding procession, and annoyed that the curse has not been reversed, the Wazir confines the Poet to the palace. The Poet orchestrates an elaborate cursereversal scheme that enables him to sneak out he finds his daughter Marsinah and convinces her that he will be killed unless they flee Baghdad. Despite Marsinahs protestsshe wants to wait for her rendezvous with a mysterious beau actually the Caliph and see the processionthey flee. Word spreads that the Caliphs bride was not there when the Caliph came to claim her. Since the curse reversal seemed to have worked, the Poet leaves Marsinah and returns to the palace.The Wazir wants to kill the Poet because he believes he has dangerous supernatural powers, but Lalume convinces her husband to keep the Poet in the palace and use his power. The Poet tells Lalume that he is worried about Marsinah, and Lalume suggests that she come to live in the palace. Marsinah arrives and confesses that she has fallen in love but does not know her beloveds name. Lalume hides Marsinah in the harem for her own protection, but there the Caliph sees her and believes her to be a wife of the Wazir. At a ceremony planned to choose a new bride, the Poet tricks the Wazir and drowns him in front of the Caliph and the crowd. ........

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