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The Brass Bottle is a 1964
1964 in film

The year 1964 in film involved some significant events....
 fantasy film
Fantasy film

Fantasy films are films with fantasy fiction themes, usually involving Magic , supernatural events, make-believe creatures, or exotic fantasy worlds....
 about a modern man who accidentally acquires a djinn
Genie

In Islam and Arabian mythology, a genie is a supernatural fiery creature which possesses free will. Genies are mentioned in the Qur'an, wherein a whole Sura is named after them ....
. Though the word is commonly translated into English as "genie", author F. Anstey
Thomas Anstey Guthrie

Thomas Anstey Guthrie , was an English novelist and journalist, who wrote his comic novels under the pseudonym F. Anstey.He was born in Kensington, London, to Augusta Amherst Austen and Thomas Anstey Guthrie....
 made a distinction between the two in the novel of the same name which provides the basis of the film.

The film starred Tony Randall
Tony Randall

Tony Randall was an American comic and actor....
, Burl Ives
Burl Ives

Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives was an United States actor, writer and folk music singer. The prominent music critic John Rockwell has been quoted in the New York Times as saying that "Ives's voice......
 and Barbara Eden
Barbara Eden

Barbara Eden is an American film and television actor and singer who is best known for her starring role in the sitcom I Dream of Jeannie....
. Eden's role was instrumental in getting her cast as the star of the TV series I Dream of Jeannie
I Dream of Jeannie

I Dream of Jeannie is a 1960s American situation comedy with a fantasy premise. Produced by Screen Gems, it originally aired from September 1965 to May 1970 with new episodes, and September 1970 with season repeats, on NBC....
, even though she did not play a djinn in this film.

itect Harold Ventimore (Tony Randall) buys an antique that turns out to contain a Djinn named Fakrash (Burl Ives).






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The Brass Bottle is a 1964
1964 in film

The year 1964 in film involved some significant events....
 fantasy film
Fantasy film

Fantasy films are films with fantasy fiction themes, usually involving Magic , supernatural events, make-believe creatures, or exotic fantasy worlds....
 about a modern man who accidentally acquires a djinn
Genie

In Islam and Arabian mythology, a genie is a supernatural fiery creature which possesses free will. Genies are mentioned in the Qur'an, wherein a whole Sura is named after them ....
. Though the word is commonly translated into English as "genie", author F. Anstey
Thomas Anstey Guthrie

Thomas Anstey Guthrie , was an English novelist and journalist, who wrote his comic novels under the pseudonym F. Anstey.He was born in Kensington, London, to Augusta Amherst Austen and Thomas Anstey Guthrie....
 made a distinction between the two in the novel of the same name which provides the basis of the film.

The film starred Tony Randall
Tony Randall

Tony Randall was an American comic and actor....
, Burl Ives
Burl Ives

Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives was an United States actor, writer and folk music singer. The prominent music critic John Rockwell has been quoted in the New York Times as saying that "Ives's voice......
 and Barbara Eden
Barbara Eden

Barbara Eden is an American film and television actor and singer who is best known for her starring role in the sitcom I Dream of Jeannie....
. Eden's role was instrumental in getting her cast as the star of the TV series I Dream of Jeannie
I Dream of Jeannie

I Dream of Jeannie is a 1960s American situation comedy with a fantasy premise. Produced by Screen Gems, it originally aired from September 1965 to May 1970 with new episodes, and September 1970 with season repeats, on NBC....
, even though she did not play a djinn in this film.

Plot

Architect Harold Ventimore (Tony Randall) buys an antique that turns out to contain a Djinn named Fakrash (Burl Ives). However, Fakrash has been away a long time, and his unfamiliarity with the modern world causes all sorts of problems when he tries to please his new master. Ventimore ends up in a great deal of trouble, including with his girlfriend, Sylvia Kenton (Barbara Eden).

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