Posts from arthurarnell in thread „Legend of the Lost (1957)“

Hi

According to the Fred Landesman John Wayne Filmography the outdoor shots were filmed over a period of five weeks at Zliten, Leptis Magna and Gadames. Interior scenes were as already said shot in Rome's Cinecitta Studios during March and April.


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Arthur

Hi

The trouble with voicing an opinion is when you get your facts wrong I said that Jack Cardiff was the director of course he was the Cinematographer, How can you forget Henry Hathaway.

A slap on the wrist for me.

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Arthur

Hi Bopoppa

Like falco4 says Legend of the Lost isn't that dreadful a film. True it is not one of his memorable ones like Stagecoach The man Who Shot liberty Valance or red River, but many films couldn't be.

On the plus side you have Sophia Loren, who is worth paying the price to see alone, and don't forget at her age she has just been voted one of the most attractive women in the World. There are also stories to store such as director Jack Cardiff falling head over heels in love with Loren and taking into the desert every day for long walks and romantic lunches, notwithstanding the fact that he was married and was almost twice her age.

The story loses credibility towards the end but has its twists and turns. it should also be remembered that the film was made in the mid 50s at possibly the only time in his career when he began to doubt his abilty, with the Sea Chase, The Conqueror, Jet Pilot I Married a Woman, The Barbarian and the Geisha a list of films that flopped at the box office. Even hits like Hondo and of course The Searchers only partially offered him any solace. So The Legend of the Lost in the middle of that list shows why it is considered to be not that good a film.

However the worth of the man is in the total of his work, I should think that many fine actors in hindsight had films that they wished they had turned down, but then hindsight is a wonderful thing.

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Arthur