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HELEN OF TROY – Max Steiner
GREATEST SCORES OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
Original Review by Craig Lysy
In 1955 Warner Brothers undertook a massive international collaboration with Italian and French partners to bring the timeless tale of Helen of Troy to the big screen. Ancient epics were very popular and they sought to capitalize with a massive undertaking of their own. The film would be shot in Rome, Giuseppe De Blasio and Maurizio Lodi-Fè were assigned production with a massive $6.0 million budget, Robert Wise was tasked with directing, and N. Richard Nash was hired to adapt a story by Hugh Gray and John Twist, which drew inspiration from Homer’s Iliad. An international cast was assembled with Italian actress Rosana Podestà starring as Helen. Joining her would be Frenchman Jacques Sernas as Paris, Englishman Sir Cedric Hardwicke as King Priam, Welshman Stanley Baker as Achilles, Irishman Niall MacGinnis as Menelaus, Englishman Robert Douglas as Agamemnon, and even a young Brigitte Bardot as the slave girl Andraste. Read more…
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