ALADDIN (Donald O’Connor) surprises some bullies by wishing himself as tall as a house in LE MERAVIGLIE DI ALADINO, a sequence executed by Bava and Carlo Rambaldi.
URING THE PREPRODUCTION of Il ladro di Bagdad, the film’s producers made the deci- sion to get more for their money by shooting two Arabian fantasies at once. The principal crew members went on double-duty, with Flavio Mogherini designing the sets and Tonino Delli Colli behind the camera. The exact nature of Mario Bava’s involve- ment in the second picture is obscured by the lan- guage of the film credits. In Italy, Le meraviglie di Aladino is “A Film by Henry Levin . . . Directed by Mario Bava.” In France, Les Mille et Une Nuits is “Un Film de Henry Levin . . . Mise en Scène de Mario Bava.” In America, where the film is known as The Wonders of Aladdin, Mario Bava is not mentioned at all.
