1955
| Director | Vicente Minnelli |
| Producer | Arthur Freed |
| Production Company | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release Date | December 23rd, 1955 |
| Cast | Howard Keel (The Poet), Ann Blyth (Marsina), Dolores Gray (Lalume), Vic Damone (The Caliph), Monty Woolley (Omar), Sebastian Cabot (The Wazir), Jay C. Flippen (Jawan), Mike Mazurki (The Chief Policeman), Jack Elam (Hasan-Ben), Ted de Corsia (Police Sub-altern), Maria McClay (Harem Showgirl) |
This American musical-comedy film was the fifth version of Kismet, previous versions of which had been released in 1914, 1920, 1930 and, probably the most famous one with Marlene Dietrich, by the same production company, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, in 1944.
In old Baghdad, an impoverished and roguish poet (Howard Keel) is given the run of the scheming Wazir’s harem while pretending to help him usurp the young caliph. The Poet’s daughter, Marsinah (Ann Blyth) meets and falls in love with the young Caliph (Vic Damone), who has been traveling incognito.
Maria appears as one of the Harem Showgirls, first when a group of them are carrying around the newly wealthy poet and, later, after being taken into the Wazir’s harem, she witnesses a number of the events of the stories and participates in the chorus for one of the musical numbers of the movie.
Scenes Featuring Maria
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