PHOTO CREDIT: Above photo by John Rickman Photography, San Jose, California.
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Reviews & Opinion Polls for
Movies with Middle Eastern Themes
or Belly Dance Scenes
These are arranged alphabetically by movie title.
Poll Only? |
Mini Review? |
Full Review? |
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Abbott & Costello In the Foreign Legion |
Stars Abbott & Costello. |
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Abbott & Costello Lost in a Harem |
Stars Abbott & Costello. |
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Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves |
The version that stars Samia Gamal and Fernandel. Several excellent dance scenes. |
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Bagdad |
Stars Maureen O'Hara. |
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Beau Hunks |
Stars Laurel & Hardy. No dance scenes. |
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Brass Bottle, The |
Dance scene by Lulu Porter. |
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Carry On Follow That Camel |
Dance scene by Anita Harris. |
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Casbah |
Stars Yvonne DeCarlo. |
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Flame of Araby |
Stars Maureen O'Hara. |
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Golden Voyage of Sinbad |
By Ray Harryhausen. |
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Harem Suaré |
Stars Marie Gillain. |
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Harum Scarum |
Stars Elvis Presley. Belly dancing by Vicki Malkin. |
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Kismet (1944 version), sometimes called Oriental Dream |
Stars Marlene Dietrich. |
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Kismet (1955 version, the one based on the Broadway musical) |
Stars Howard Keel. |
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Stars Joan Collins and Jack Hawkins. |
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Princess of the Nile |
Stars Debra Paget. |
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Roustabout |
Stars Elvis Presley. Dance scene by Wilda Taylor. |
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Salomé |
Stars Rita Hayworth. |
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Salomé, Where She Danced |
Stars Yvonne DeCarlo. |
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Samson & Delilah |
Stars Hedy Lamarr & Victor Mature. |
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Seventh Voyage of Sinbad |
By Ray Harryhausen. |
X |
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Sheherazade (Les 1001 Nuits) |
Catherine Zeta-Jones' first film role. |
X |
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Sheik, The |
Stars Rudolph Valentino. |
X |
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Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger |
By Ray Harryhausen. |
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Sinbad the Sailor |
Stars Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. & Maureen O'Hara. |
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Solomon & Sheba |
Stars Gina Lollabrigida & Yul Brynner (with hair!). |
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Son of Sinbad |
Includes dance scene by Nejla Ates. |
X |
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Son of the Sheik, The |
Stars Rudolph Valentino. |
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Thief of Bagdad, The (1924 version) |
Stars Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. |
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Thief of Bagdad, The (1940 version) |
Stars Sabu, Conrad Veidt, Rex Harrison |
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Valley of the Kings |
Stars Eleanor Parker and Robert Taylor. Includes a dance scene by Samia Gamal. |
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Wee Wee Monsieur |
Dance scene featuring the Three Stooges dressed as harem women. |
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