008 represent the thief of bagdad ( 1924 ) release 3/18/1924 and view 7/28/05 . george gerswin rhapsody in blue be perform for the first time in nyc . the ibm corporation be found . calvin coolidge give the first presidential radio broadcast . births represent margaret truman and lee marvin . kevin represent now this movie be really something . we have here our first douglas fairbanks movie and our first all out adventure movie and and one of the early all out special effect movie . a lot of people trace effect film back to king kong and but they often forget this film and which use all kind of trick like fly carpet and under water duel and giant spider and just about everything . it be a lot of fun to see how filmmaker pull off thing like fly carpet and giant monster back in the day and long before the day of ray harryhausen . early on in the film and i be remind of the numerous fantasy style kung fu movie i have see . i would love to see a modern remake of this film do in that eastern style . after all that and i wonder how the 1940 version will hold up compare to this one . doug represent 1924 see the release of of this rip roar screen classic direct by raoul walsh and star silent film adventurer douglas fairbanks . i think this movie be awesome . fairbanks ( who i think look a lot like clark gable ) bring what i be sure be his usual bravado to the role of the thief . although this guy be a criminal and a swindler and fairbanks manages to make him so cool that we root for him anyway . i remember there be a moment after he meet the princess and we can see him kind of become reflective a he start to consider live life without thieve . the third act of the film be nearly all action and a the thief brave many peril include monster and fiery cavern to win the ultimate prize for the princess . these scene contain lot of special effect ( the first we have see so far ) that must have be quite impressive for the day . the finale have our hero face off against 20 and 000 mongol by summon a magical army from the earth and 100 and 000 strong . woah . to me this film felt like it could be a martial art movie . a lot of moment would be right at home in a big budget kung fu movie and like when he take the royal ring and cut it in half with his sword ( in a modern movie and we would see the ring float in mid air a his sword slice through it in slow motion ) . last film represent marriage circle ( 1924 ) . next film view represent sherlock and jr. ( 1924 ) . next film chronologically represent girl shy ( 1924 ) . the movie odyssey be an exhaustive and chronological project where we watch a many milestone film a possible and start with d. w. griffith intolerance in 1916 and work our way through and year by year and one film at a time . we also write a short review for each and every film . in this project and we hope to gain a deep understanding of the time period and the film of the era and and each film in context and while at the same time just watch a lot of great movie and most of which we never would have watch otherwise .