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Unshared Prize. To Kassem the coup must have seemed only too familiar. In the same way back in 1958, Kassem seized power by ruthlessly slaughtering King Feisal II and his ironfisted, pro-Western Premier, Nuri asSaid, who was caught trying to escape the city dressed in women's clothes. In those days Kassem was a brigadier, with the reputation of being the King's most loyal soldier. Actually, he was leader of a group of army conspirators including mercurial Colonel Abdul Salam Aref, a passionate pro-Nasserite. After the young King was slain, Kassem appointed himself Premier, named...
...second half of the movie. The first half accomplishes what a silent movie would have done with the single title "Arabia!"--that is, it sets the scene, and sets the scene, and sets the scene. And not all the perfumes of Alec Guinness, who nattily impersonates the Arab Prince Feisal with obvious and engaging contempt for the whole business, can sweeten the arid piles of camel dung in which he is trapped. It is also good to see Claude Rains back in North Africa, still, as ever, the mysterious servant of a corrupt colonial power. But ditto...
...actors, however, survive the encounter. Guinness as Prince Feisal is finely serpentine, and Quinn is magnificent as the venal and violent Sheikh Auda abu Tayi, a great black hairy camel of a man who sucks up gold as a camel sucks up water, and then spews it out with a roar of patriarchal pride: "I am a river to my people!" But it is O'Toole who continually dominates the screen, and he dominates it with professional skill, Irish charm and smashing good looks. They are the looks of a healthy young lion: large strong animal mouth, blazing blue...
Jordan's King Hussein and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Feisal, who fear that the example of a successful revolution in Yemen will spark trouble within their own kingdoms, were acknowledged by U.S. officials to be "extremely unhappy." The U.S. is aware of their fears, but is gambling that the example of Yemen will prove a spur to reform rather than revolution in all the Middle East's monarchies...
...brighten things up, Feisal last week decreed a little innocent amusement for his people. Said his royal announcement: "We are going to build five cinemas in major cities within six months; we are setting up a television network; we are authorizing clubs of all kinds-cultural, educational, social and business...