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VALLEY OF THE KINGS – Miklós Rózsa
August 26, 2024
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GREATEST SCORES OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
Original Review by Craig Lysy
MGM Studios was keen to capitalize on the success of their exotic adventure film King Solomon’s Mines from 1950. Two years later they found what they were looking for when director Robert Pirosh came across the book “Gods, Graves and Scholars” by C. W. Ceram. Charles Schnee was assigned production with a budget of $2.1 million, which would include filming in Egypt. Pirosh would direct, and teamed with Karl Tunberg to write the screenplay. Casting proved challenging, but eventually they secured Robert Taylor as Mark Brandon, Eleanor Parker as Ann Barclay Mercedes, Carlos Thompson as Philip Mercedes, Kurt Kasznar as Hamed Backhour, and Samia Gamal as the dancer. Read more…
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