Kismet
Lavish Arabian Nights-style musical charting the mixed fortunes of a poor poet with supposed mystical powers. Based around the music of 19th-century composer Alexander Borodin.
Lavish musical charting the mixed fortunes of a poor poet with supposed mystical powers. The poet is pressured into using his special gifts to arrange a marriage between the son of a scheming vizier and a princess. But then fate - or kismet - plays its hand.
The memorable tunes, including And This is My Beloved and Stranger in Paradise, are based on the work of the 19th-century Russian composer Alexander Borodin.
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Music Played
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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Alexander Borodin
Sands Of Time
Performer: Howard Keel.![]()
00:04Alexander Borodin
Rhymes Have I
Orchestra: MGM Studio Orchestra. Performer: Howard Keel. Performer: Ann Blyth.![]()
00:10Alexander Borodin
Fate
Performer: Howard Keel.![]()
00:17MGM Studio Orchestra
Bazaar of The Caravans
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00:21Alexander Borodin & Dolores Gray
Not Since Nineveh
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00:32Alexander Borodin
Baubles Bangles And Beads
Performer: Ann Blyth. Performer: MGM Studio Chorus.![]()
00:39MGM Studio Orchestra
I Am A Gardener
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00:40Alexander Borodin
Stranger In Paradise
Performer: Ann Blyth. Performer: Vic Damone.![]()
00:49Alexander Borodin
Gesticulate
Performer: Howard Keel.![]()
01:00Alexander Borodin & Dolores Gray
Bored
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01:07MGM Studio Orchestra
Fate (Reprise)
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01:09Alexander Borodin
Night Of My Nights
Performer: Vic Damone.![]()
01:15Alexander Borodin
The Olive Tree
Performer: Howard Keel.![]()
01:21Alexander Borodin
Rahadlakum
Orchestra: MGM Studio Orchestra. Performer: Dolores Gray. Performer: Howard Keel.![]()
01:29Alexander Borodin
And This is My Beloved
Performer: Howard Keel. Performer: Ann Blyth. Performer: Vic Damone.![]()
01:33MGM Studio Orchestra
Innocent Amusement (Medley: and This Is My Beloved / Rahadlakum)
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01:39MGM Studio Orchestra
Diwan Dances, Part One (Rahadlakum)
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01:41MGM Studio Orchestra
Diwan Dances, Part Two (Night of My Nights)
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01:44MGM Studio Orchestra
Drowning Scene/Sentence (Fate)
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01:48Howard Keel
Sands of Time / End Title
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Hajj | Howard Keel |
| Marsinah | Ann Blyth |
| Lalume | Dolores Gray |
| The Caliph | Vic Damone |
| Omar | Monty Woolley |
| Wazir | Sebastian Cabot |
| Director | Vincente Minnelli |
| Producer | Arthur Freed |
| Writer | Charles Lederer |
| Writer | Luther Davis |
| Writer | Edward Knoblock |
