Spanish title: Jose Vendido en Egipto (Joseph Sold in Egypt)Stars: Geoffrey Horne, Belinda Lee, Robert Morley, Carlo Giustini, Arturo Dominici, Finlay Currie, Mario GirottiDirected by: Irving Rapper, Luciano RicciDistributor: Colorama Features (US)
"Extraordinary! Spectacular! Grandiose!"
The tagline doesn’t quite describe the film correctly, but we can let that slide for now; this was one of the ongoing [...]
Spanish title: Cleopatra la Serpiente Del Nilo
Stars: Rhonda Fleming, William Lundigan, Raymond Burr, Julie NewmarDirected by: William CastleDistributor: Columbia Pictures
"From my bed of silk, I dominate the world with my burning lips… Sin and savagery in matchless spectacle!"
This low-budget version of the Cleopatra story, which is often considered to be as good as the big [...]
Spanish title: El Hijo de Ali BabaStars: Tony Curtis, Piper Laurie, Susan Cabot, William Reynolds, Hugh O’Brian, Victor JoryDirected by: Kurt NeumannDistributor: Universal Pictures
"Soul of a Prince, heart of a poet… with steel in his hand and a kiss on the lips, the sensational stars of "The Prince Who Was a Thief", together again! And… [...]
Spanish title: Tarzan el Temerario (Tarzan the Reckless One)Stars: Johnny Weismuller, Brenda JoyceDirected by: William ThieleDistributor: Distribuidora Sotomayor (for RKO Radio Pictures)
"Tarzan defies enemy agents… in a hot-bed of intrigue and danger!"
This story involves Tarzan having to get his ‘jungle fever’ remedy
(trust me, white boy, there ain’t no cure for jungle fever) from a lost
jungle, [...]
Spanish title: Lawrence de ArabiaStars: Alec Guiness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins, Jose Ferrer, Anthony Quayle, Claude Rains, Arthur Kennedy, Omar Sharif, Peter O’Toole Directed by: David Lean Distributor: Columbia Pictures
"The biggest film of the year! 7 Academy Awards!"
There are few films in existence that have the pedigree of this one, and though the lobby card [...]
Spanish title: El Hijo de SimbadStars: Dale Robertson, Sally Forrest, Lili StCir, Vincent Price, Mari BlanchardDirected by: Ted TetzlaffDistributor: Continental Films
Also known as Nights in a Harem, this Howard Hughes-produced ogle-fest is notable for two things: 1) It stars Vincent Price (who is totally slumming it), and 2) it features more scantily-clad women than you [...]
