Aladdin's Other Lamp

Aladdin's Other Lamp (1917)

If you had Aladdin's other lamp what would you wish for?

As a baby, Patsy Smith is kidnapped by her father following a bitter quarrel with her mother. After her father dies at sea, a seafarer named Captain Barnaby places Patsy at Mrs. Duff's boardinghouse. She grows up working as a domestic drudge, deeply unhappy with her life. Inspired by Captain Barnaby's storytelling about Aladdin, Patsy sets out to find an old Oriental lamp that once belonged to her father. She learns that Mrs. Duff sold it to a junk peddler and goes to buy it back. Patsy rubs the lamp, unleashing a Genie. The Genie helps Patsy by providing her with fine clothing, exposing her abusive boardinghouse mistress, and eventually reuniting Patsy with her long-lost mother. With her life transformed, Patsy also finds romance with Harry, a young man who resides at the boardinghouse.

Date of release
1917-06-25
Runtime
50m
Genres
Comedy, Fantasy
Director
John H. Collins

Casting

Interesting facts

Aladdin's Other Lamp is a lost 1917 American fantasy-comedy silent film based on the play, The Dream Girl by Willard Mack. It was adapted for the screen by June Mathis and directed by John H. Collins. The film stars Viola Dana and Robert Walker, and was distributed by Metro Pictures Corp., a forerunner of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Background

At the time of Aladdin's Other Lamp, Viola Dana was married to the director of the film, John H. Collins. He had discovered her and first brought her to work at Edison Studios and then later to Metro Pictures.

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