This was a cartoon movie that was played on and off on HBO in the early 80’s. It was animated and was a musical. All that I recall at this point was that Aladdin runs into an old man in the market while being chased by guards. The old man starts singing a song “Illusions” as he is casting a spell and makes a rope rise up to the sky, thus getting away.
I have IMDBed and Googled everything I can and can not find the correct movie. Does anyone remember this cartoon at all??
Beats me. I thought it might be 1001 Arabian Nights (1959), but it doesn’t appear to have a song like that.
I found an obscure one, Aladdin and his Magic Lamp, a French version with songs, which was dubbed into English, but I don’t think it is that one, either.
The Princess and the Cobbler from 1993 (a version of The Thief of Bagdad) has songs, but it doesn’t seem to have the one described.
Yeah that would be too late. I know it was in the mid to late 80’s. I wish I could remember more about it. I am not even sure if it was Aladdin or Ali Baba or Sinbad. I just know it was Persian