Howard Hawk’s LAND OF THE PHARAOHS (1955) film program, scarce movie memorabilia

Description: (It looks much better than the picture above.) Howard Hawk’s LAND OF THE PHARAOHS (1955) film program, scarce movie memorabilia! This film program booklet has pages of photos and fact filled pages! PLEASE BE PATIENT WHILE ALL PICTURES LOAD After checking out this item please look at my other unique silent motion picture memorabilia and Hollywood film collectibles! WITH MULTIPLE WINS OF SIMILAR SHAPED ITEMS, SAVE ON SHIPPING COST BY HAVING THEM SENT TOGETHER $ See a gallery of pictures of my other auctions HERE! This program is vintage, original and not a copy or reproduction. DESCRIPTION: William Faulkner’s fifth and final collaboration with director Howard Hawks was this epic set in ancient Egypt. On all of his previous outings with Hawks, in the 30s and 40s, the studio publicity department showed little interest in Faulkner, but, on this film, they belatedly recognized his importance, and this very ephemeral booklet (OCLC records no known copy) lavishes substantial text on Faulkner. The only other copy I could find on a Google search was selling for $200 which shows how rare this artifact is. Howard Hawks' Land of the Pharaohs, the 1955 Howard Hawks ancient Egypt Africa historical melodrama ("The barbarous love that left Egypt's great Pyramid as its wondrous landmark!"; "Here, on this night of nights 5000 years ago... Inside this many-mystery'd Pyramid... The world of the king who built it came crashing to bits on the soft lips of the concubine for whom the seven sins were not enough..."; "Spectacularly filmed in Egypt with a cast of 11,500 by the largest location crew ever sent abroad from Hollywood!"; "The barbaric love that left the Great Pyramid as its landmark!"; "Written by William Faulkner, Harry Kurnitz, and Harold Jack Bloom") starring Jack Hawkins, Joan Collins, Dewey Martin, Alexis Minotis (billed on some posters as "Alex Minotis"), James Robertson Justice, Kerima, and Luisella Boni. •Softcover: 6 pages counting art & text inside the covers. Publisher: Warner Bros. 1955 •Language: English Product Dimensions: An Original Vintage Movie Souvenir Program Book (measures 12" x 9") Shipping Weight: 8 ounces. CONDITION: This vintage film program is in Near EXCELLENT to VERY GOOD condition, with some surface scuffing, spine rubbing/bumping, patina (hand dirt) and the back cover shows more dirt and a corner dirt stain. The original movie studio created these program booklets as souvenirs to be sold at the theaters in the first run. Few survive, but they make handsome gifts for any fan of this title. I wish could find a comparable in this condition… but this is the only one I could find. Condition wise there is normal use but you have to look hard to find it! SHIPPING: Domestic shipping would be USPS Ground Advantage (includes $100 insurance) and well packed in plastic, with several layers of cardboard support/protection and delivery tracking. The USPS has removed FIRST CLASS from eBay’s postage label system. (Darn it!) International shipping depends on the location, and the package would weigh close to a half a pound with even more extra ridge packing. PAYMENTS: Please pay eBay, and if you want to save on shipping/postage cost simply buy more of items and when you’ve got all you want… just email me for an adjusted invoice and I will be happy to give you a HUGE discount! All of my items are unconditionally guaranteed. E-mail me with any questions you may have. This is Larry41, wishing you great movie memories and good luck… BACKGROUND: “ “Here's a film hotly criticized by not only many who saw the film, but by director Hawks himself. It's true, there's a bit of the Hollywood glam element to the production, but I'd say no more so than a half dozen other Hawks films, including the much more often praised "Rio Bravo" and "Hatari!"! (which both followed directly after "Pharaohs"). And the plot of "Pharaohs" makes a lot more sense than that of Hawks' earlier film, "The Big Sleep," which I believe is over praised because of its cast. As a grand epic from the era where they made them big and were not afraid to spend money where it would show up on screen, "Land of the Pharaohs" surpasses many other epics of its period and even many recent films dealing with a similar subject (1999's "The Mummy" comes to mind). "Pharaohs" has an impressive and very satisfying climax that makes perfect sense historically and dramatically. Also, no one seems to have mentioned the marvelous handling of crowds, particularly in the lengthy building of the pyramid sequence. I'll even go so far as to say the way Hawks composes his crowds for the cinemascope screen - arranging his Egyptian workers and pharaoh worshipers in intricate patterns with complex movements - rivals even Fritz Lang's similar work in "Metropolis" (1926), famous for its handling of crowds. I think one of the reasons the film keeps getting bashed is because people haven't seen it in its original widescreen format in many years. Until recently, no Region 1 DVD has been available, so in its cropped, pan and scan VHS incarnation, the film comes across as wimpy and ridiculous. As can be seen in the widescreen DVD release, the grandeur is stunning, its art direction, costumes, sets and locations all holding up marvelously. It must be said that composer Dimitri Tiomkin probably never wrote a score as majestically spirited as this one, a vast canvas of antiquity and drama. The cast is very much of its time, and some of the dialog is stilted and dated, but with the passing of time, most films suffer from this. Time passes and acting styles change. But a good plot holds up, and "Pharaohs" has plenty of the devious vs altruistic characters that drove many of Hawks plots effectively. The powers that be in Hollywood finally released the film on DVD, promoting it as a camp classic, adorning the cover with a cheesy shot of Joan Collins, the one thing they apparently consider notable and sell-able about the film. Too bad. Yes, "Land of the Pharaohs" does have an element of campiness, but there is true grandeur in the vastness of the production and the fact that its cast of thousands was indeed a cast of thousands, not CGI. Perhaps one day the wonders of this film will be given the appreciation it deserves. As time passes these epics seem to be acquiring as much antiquity as the genuine historical period itself.”

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