[3] As described in a review in a film magazine,[4] Abou Hassan and his forty thieves descend on a small Arabian town on the wedding day of Omar and the beautiful Zharat and kidnap them.

Abou sells Zahrat to Kasim Baba, the miser and money lender of Bagdad, while posing as Prince Constantine.

[5] Wilcox had a box office success with Flames of Passion (1922) starring imported Hollywood actor Mae Marsh.

[1] The film starred American actress Betty Blythe fresh from her scantily clad triumph in 1921's The Queen of Sheba at Fox.

[3][7] Chu Chin Chow was released in the United States by MGM two years after its production with a drastically reduced footage, cut by almost half.

[8] A sound film Chu Chin Chow, with the score intact, was made by the Gainsborough Studios in 1934, with George Robey playing the part of Ali Baba, Fritz Kortner as Abu Hassan, Anna May Wong as Zahrat Al-Kulub and Laurence Hanray as Kasim.