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Land Of The Pharaohs – Episode 11

The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Mar 1, 2015

All dialog in brown text is taken from the movie script at www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk Lets see…the body count is officially two. The queen is dead, pharaoh is dead, and that’s not counting the people this power hungry psychopath has tried to kill, wound, maim, and generally ben read more

Land Of The Pharaohs - Episode 10

The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Feb 28, 2015

All dialog in brown text is taken from the movie script at www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk Nellifer starts to execute her part of the plan. She brings a flute for the young prince to play. She teaches the prince to play a tune. Prince Xenon takes to it like a duck takes to water, and soon heR read more

Land Of The Pharaohs – Episode 9

The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Feb 26, 2015

All dialog in brown text is taken from the movie script at www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk Later that day Senta is commanded to appear before pharaoh at his palace. The pharaohs wound is still being tended to. As Senta arrives he fully expects to die for he did reveal that he did know the secret read more

Land Of The Pharaohs – Episode 8

The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Feb 22, 2015

All dialog in brown text is taken from the movie script at www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk Senta is really concerned about his father. Vashtar must complete the pyramid for pharaoh and thousands of Kushites depend on Vashtar to win their freedom. Senta asks him a question. “The light in th read more

Land Of The Pharaohs–Episode 7

The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Feb 17, 2015

All dialog in brown text is taken from the movie script at www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk The second Nellifer sees just a portion of the gold and precious stones you can almost see the wheels in her head start to spin. She wants all of what she sees. It’s also the only time in the entire read more

Land Of The Pharaohs – Episode 6

The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Feb 13, 2015

All dialog in brown text is taken from the movie script at www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk Soon the contracts and the second life were forgotten. The joyful singing was replaced by the lash, whip, and the drum. The work that was once joyous became ordinary labor. The pharaoh that existed is gone, read more

Land Of The Pharaohs – Episode 5

The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Feb 10, 2015

All dialog in brown text is taken from the movie script at www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk After a certain length of time passes (its never told to the viewer or even discussed in the script) Vashtar sends word to Khufu that he has devised a plan. Khufu arrives rather swiftly eager to see the de read more

Land Of The Pharaohs – Episode 4

The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Feb 6, 2015

All dialog in brown text is taken from the movie script at www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk It would seem that Vashtar, the rather portly fellow with the full beard, paid some attention in school.  In the film he portrays Vashtar, the architect. He designed the defenses for the city of Kush read more

Land Of The Pharaohs – Episode 3

The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Feb 1, 2015

  The Good and the Bad Instead of having a cinematic postmortem where we could take the film apart frame by frame, as has been done by critics and fellow bloggers countless times in the sixty years, let’s take a look at the film in a more positive light. In the world of cinema it’s read more

Land of the Pharaohs – Episode 2

The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Jan 29, 2015

When he was asked why he made Land Of The Pharaohs Howard Hawks replied “I made this film for one simple reason: Cinemascope”. He wanted to try making an epic somewhat like Cecil DeMille. He didn’t care for the way DeMille made his films, but he had to admit they worked. Land Of T read more

Land Of The Pharaohs–Episode 1

The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Jan 25, 2015

  All text in brown are quotations from the script which can located at the following address - http://www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk The Director/Producer Howard Hawks was the man credited as the producer and director of the film. He is also contributed to the writing but chose not to giv read more

Land of The Pharaohs

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Oct 3, 2011

Land of The Pharaohs (Howard Hawks, 1955) One of the many films listed as Martin Scorsese's guilty pleasures, and one of the lesser films of the great Howard Hawks, Land of The Pharaohs is an epic film set in Ancient Egypt. First, I must admit that I love Hawks' latest films from Hatari! to El Dora read more