QUOTE(Moulton @ Fri 7th May 2010, 1:04pm)
Don't overlook Disney's Aladdin movies, too.
I have memories of seeing the 1940 version of
The Thief of Bagdad on TV sometime in the mid 1950s. I was probably around 12 when I saw it, and it fascinated me. There was an earlier, 1924, version with Douglas Fairbanks. I do not recall anything in it that would have given a negative view of Islam, rather the contrary I think.
In the long run it is the cultural contributions of the various religions that give people, of all backgrounds, something that can be shared. For example, I think The Prince's School of Traditional Arts makes a positive contribution to that. I rather wish there had been a school offering that type of studies in my own student days.
http://www.psta.org.uk/