When a Chinese army directed by the Mongol Prince captured Bagdad, Ahmed magically conjured up an army with his own magical powder (from a magical chest), retook and liberated the city (with the help of an invisibility cloak), and restored the Caliph o power.He attempted to lure her away with him:You see, Letty, you can""t stay in this terrible country any longer.This visually poetic, melodramatic silent western film, from Frances Marion""s adapted screenplay, was based on the 1925 novel by Dorothy Scarborough.Three of the characters would become involved in a love triangle.Befitting the film""s satirical heme of admiring or fantasizing about film idols on-screen while struggling in the real world, one might hypothesize that the Boy idolized current film star John Barrymore (who starred inSherlock Holmes (1922), wo years earlier), while the Girl resembled and aspired to be like cinema""s curly-locked sweetheart Mary Pickford, and the Sheik was an aspiring wanna-be Rudolph Valentino (who starred as the itle character inThe Sheik (1921).Delays in the deal came about when Pope Paul VI died, and the transaction couldn""t be ratified.Other syndicate crime associates also conspired against Michael""s efforts, and further complications and conflicts arose when Michael""s illegitimate (bastardo), hot-headed nephew Vincent Mancini-Corleone (Andy Garcia), the illegitimate son of Michael""s late brother Sonny, personally carried out the murder of Michael""s own long-time rival Joey Zasa (Joe Mantegna) on July 4th in Little Italy during a street fair parade.