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...shot. As Fox later protested: sets were built, costumes on, extras standing by, cameras ready to roll. No Brando. Then came a telegram from his psychoanalyst in New York: Marlon was "a very sick and mentally confused boy," and in absolutely no condition to work. Fox threw Edmond Purdom into the Brando part, sued Marlon for $2,000 damages. Marlon settled the suit by agreeing to make Désirée, later gloated openly about his success in "copping a medical plea." After that, a Fox executive remarked: "The only good thing I can say about this twerp...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: A Tiger in the Reeds | 10/11/1954 | See Source »

...main, the story follows the book. Sinuhe (Edmund Purdom), infant son of the Pharaoh's wife, is set adrift in a reed boat on the Nile, victim of a palace plot against his mother. Rescued by a childless couple, he is raised as their son, learns the healing arts of his stepfather, a physician. Coming of age, Sinuhe meets a young soldier (Victor Mature), and together they save the life of the new Pharaoh Akhnaton (Michael Wilding) when he is attacked by a lion in the desert...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Aug. 30, 1954 | 8/30/1954 | See Source »

...Edmund Purdom, as the Egyptian doctor, gives as good as he got from Author Waltari. Jean Simmons, as his bright angel,' looks pretty carrying a jug on her head. As his dark angel, Bella Darvi manages, even while wearing green nail polish and a wig like a blue floor mop, to stave off the horselaughs-no mean accomplishment. Gene Tierney models some fetching Egyptian clothes, and Victor Mature's chief contribution to his role is the strength to carry 65 Ibs. of armor on his back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Aug. 30, 1954 | 8/30/1954 | See Source »

...following officers were elected by candidates for the A.M. Degree in June at the election held yesterday: marshal, John Leslie Purdom 2G., of Parksville, Kentucky. Commencement Day Committee, Owen Randolph Easley 1G., of Lynchburg, Virginia; David Clyde Howard 1G., of Dodge Center, Minnesota; Takashi Komatsu 1G., of Monmouth, Illinois...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Officers of A.M. Degree Candidates | 4/13/1911 | See Source »

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