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...always been splendid in movies, from Kind Hearts and Coronets to Ben-Hur, in which he won an Oscar as the mock-sinister Sheik Ilderim, whose fine white horses won the chariot race. He first earned wide recognition on the West End stage as the leering General St. Pé in Anouilh's Waltz of the Toreadors, and on Broadway as Thomas Wolfe's father in Look Homeward, Angel. Last year, doing Brecht's Caucasian Chalk Circle in London, he nearly deprived the world of his future services when, during the hanging scene, he slipped...
...because I hate to read what the characters are saying and I do not understand foreign symbolism. Also, it seems to me that if you can make movies on a cheaper budget, then they should be shown at cheaper prices. I don't mind paying extra to see Ben-Hur or Cleopatra because these are long epics that cost extra to make. But why pay extra to see Shoot the Piano Player or a movie about a kid's life in the London slums...
Lawrence of Arabia. The best superspectacle since Ben-Hur...
Lawrence of Arabia. Blood, sand and stars (Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins, Omar Sharif, Jose Ferrer, Arthur Kennedy), with the help of a top director (David Lean) and a $10 million budget, make this the best superspectacle since Ben-Hur...
Lawrence of Arabia. Blood, sand and stars (Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins, Omar Sharif, José Ferrer, Arthur Kennedy), with the help of a top director (David Lean) and a $10 million budget, make this the best superspectacle since Ben-Hur...