Word: arabian
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...second time in his life, Egypt's President Mohammed Naguib made the pilgrimage to Mecca. Dressed in a ceremonial robe of unstitched white cloth, the earnest, personable chief of Egypt's military junta left Cairo by air with an entourage of 75. In Jidda, the Arabian seaport by which most pilgrims enter, the Naguib party was met by Crown Prince Saud and eleven emirs, all sons of ancient, wily King Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud...
This Is Charles Laughton (Sat. 6:15 p.m., CBS). Readings from The Arabian Nights and H. L. Mencken...
...overdoses of syrup is even rarer. The 5,000 Fingers, even at its most fantastic, contrives to keep its brisk sense of humor and its matter-of-fact, child's-eye view. The villains employed by Dr. T. are a carefree mixture of pirates, heavies out of The Arabian Nights, dabblers in atomic science, and cheerleaders for a rival junior high football team (one of the best of the picture's ten songs is a close-harmony, walls-of-poison-ivy number, softly sung by a group of "us stinkers"-Dr. T.'s plug-ugly hirelings...
...they heard the husband's approaching footsteps. The wife had the presence of mind to scream, "Thief! Thief!" and Salih, catching on, pretended that he was trying to escape. Salih was captured and arraigned for judgment before the local ruler, Emir Saud ibn Jiluwi, who decreed the traditional Arabian punishment for a habitual thief: public amputation of his right hand. Salih calmly accepted the verdict and did not even flinch when the Emir's men chopped off his hand at the wrist-for he knew that he had got off lightly. If he and Juliet had been charged...
Four Feathers is a classic story of heroism and the definite desert extravaganza. Although there are no harems nor luscious Arabian princesses, thousands of Fuzzy Wuzzies and General Kitchener's valiant army stage a race riot that ought to please the most sadistic audience. Korda has taken full advantage of the possibilities of Technicolor to focus his camera on open wounds at every opportunity...