Movie for a Sunday afternoon: "The Egyptian"(1954)

You Tube ^ | 1954 | Michael Curtiz

[ReformationFan]

Today's feature is Darryl F. Zanuck's 1954 big budget CinemaScope epic based upon Mika Waltari's novel set in Ancient Egypt with an impressive cast roster including Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Gene Tierney{the Republican actress who dated John Kennedy but voted for Richard Nixon}, Peter Ustinov. Directed by Michael Curtiz("Casablanca").

[ReformationFan]

ping

[geologist]

Purdom foreign actor, was all the rage, he shortly left his wife and child(if I remember correctly.

Whatever happened to him? He was handsome.

[AbolishCSEU]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Purdom

I WISH I could watch a movie whilst canning, drying, roasting, baking, freezing, mowing.

Hubs is doing drywall and a football ADDICT. Pre-season all.day.long (sigh)

[Gefn]

Looks good. Jean Simmons and Gene Tierney are great actresses from mom’s era.

[ReformationFan]

They’re 2 of my favorite actresses who share the same first name even though each spells it differently.

[Silentgypsy]

Thank you!