Ali Baba Goes to Town is a 1937 movie starring Eddie Cantor, Tony Martin, and Roland Young. Cantor is a hobo named Aloysius "Al" Babson, who walks into the camp of a movie company that is making the Arabian Nights. He falls asleep and dreams he's in Baghdad as an advisor to the Sultan (Young). He organizes work programs, taxes the rich, and abolishes the army spoofing Roosevelt's New Deal. 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Eddie Cantor (January 31, 1892 - October 10, 1964) was a comedian, singer, actor, songwriter, and one of the most popular entertainers in the United States of America in the early and middle 20th century. ... There are several notable people named Tony Martin: There is an English farmer named Tony Martin who was imprisoned for fatally shooting a burglar. ... Roland Young (11 November 1887, London - 5 June 1953, New York City) was a British actor. ... The Book of One Thousand and One Nights (كتاب ألف ليلة و ليلة in Arabic or هزار و یک شب in Persian), also known as The book of a Thousand Nights and a Night, 1001 Arabian Nights, or simply the Arabian Nights, is a piece of classic Arabic literature in... A street map of Baghdad Average temperature (red) and precipitations (blue) in Baghdad Baghdad (بغداد) is the capital of Iraq and the Baghdad Province. ...

Poster

The cast also includes Gypsy Rose Lee, using the stage name of Louise Hovick, as the Sultana. Gypsy Rose Lee (February 9, 1911 (not 1914, as is often falsely seen) - April 26, 1970) was an American actress and burlesque entertainer. ...

External Link

Ali Baba Goes to Town (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028566/) at the Internet Movie Database The Internet Movie Database (IMDb), owned by Amazon. ...