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‘Solomon'Old StyleBible Epic'SOLOMON AND SHEBA1I# TiilkUui »«) ml a* ft» T#4 t!kta^lt; 4U~m4 !• k»*« YWhf. imrwlw krf 4uknf YoBl##.r«J»rT M4 f.IWW r»ll »arvfer « ri» Ullkmf. i%r» I ntt«4ArrW u4 U lit Vw*•Mir.TftK CART ........N Hew*•*«k« •••UUiA^atlal ••..•••••.iu«#mAkbhM ..... 'UiIm !*»•••J'** H•**••••«•••.• JuJwJlrPftl .....Uvmii KiimMiU* .................... JfK M'W•»lt;•»# ................. ANlMAm Rtr*w*k ................. /v* r.»aVlM hcrld ............!•** ttoilifuimn I•.... *•. ln.M r*miSSxfcrU* ........... 'IvxU TlMIBY MAE TIN EEHcre'i a Biblical epic of the old fashioned ;ortIt's long and lavish, and Includes all the old standbyi which help to ml* sex wit! lanrtity — Gina LoQobngida In her bath and a ridiculously wild orgy.Yul Brynnrr playa the Intense, serious Soloipon in a' ctoltd manner, and George Sanders leers and sneers as his ambitious. double-cross-! Ing brother, Adcmijah. Missj Lollobrigida is gowned m, silks and .atins and heavily! bedecked with genu a» Sheha. a predatory female who re-1 forms after she (alia in love: with Solomon Her attempts| at dancing are obviously awkward, in spile of the fact that the Camera stays cautiously away from her feet and concent rates on her fam-u\ torso.Same of the better tochni-; cal tricks include thr destruction of the temple and the batt'e scenes, in which hun-; dretls of warriors and their' mount'- acem to plunge down a rocky precipice to their death.*Thera arc some adequate pcrformn’icrs in the support-1 ing cast, including the fragile | Marita I’sian as an unselfish woman, also In love with Solomon, and Finlay Currie as an imposing King David The sound score follows the traditional pattern, too. with thunderous music for the big scenes and one of those wailing choruses lor the spiritual ones, plus a sugary violin for some of the lover's lengthy embraces.In general. 1 found the film plodding and unconvincing— but Ts doing a brisk businessat the box-olfice.
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