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Solomon and Sheba (1959)
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25 December 1959 (USA) moreTagline:
Behold! The love story of the ages! morePlot:
Shortly before his death in ancient Israel King David has a vision from God telling him that his younger son Solomon should succeed him as king... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
A fanciful extrapolation of a very brief mention of Sheba in the bible moreCast
(Complete credited cast)| Yul Brynner | ... | Solomon | |
| Gina Lollobrigida | ... | Sheba | |
| George Sanders | ... | Adonijah | |
| Marisa Pavan | ... | Abishag | |
| David Farrar | ... | Pharaoh | |
| John Crawford | ... | Joab | |
| Finlay Currie | ... | David | |
| Harry Andrews | ... | Baltor | |
| José Nieto | ... | Ahab (as Jose Nieto) | |
| Maruchi Fresno | ... | Bathsheba | |
| William Devlin | ... | Nathan | |
| Jack Gwillim | ... | Josiah | |
| Jean Anderson | ... | Takyan | |
| Laurence Naismith | ... | Hezrai (as Lawrence Naismith) | |
| Julio Peña | ... | Zadok (as Julio Pena) |
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139 min | 141 min (TCM print)Country:
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2.20 : 1 moreFun Stuff
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One of the films included in "The Fifty Worst Films of All Time (and how they got that way)" by Harry Medved and Randy Lowell. moreGoofs:
Anachronisms: In the final battle Solomon's army has round shields. When they regather and polish them to blind the Egyptian army they are suddenly rectangular shaped. moreQuotes:
Pharaoh: And how will you destroy Solomon?Sheba: It is said that Solomon is wise. But no matter how wise he may be, he is still human, with a human weakness.
Pharaoh: Surely the way of a woman is beyond understanding.
Sheba: The way of a woman is simple, my lord. It is always to follow the way of a man.
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| very erotic for its time | ClassicSiren |
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I saw this on its original release as a child. My mother, a great movie buff, was greatly excoriated by other members of the family for taking me along when she went shopping in downtown Manila and decided to see it. The reason? It was classified as either for adults only or more likely as "Objectionable in part for all" by the Legion of Decency. Why? There was this exotic belly dance by Gina Lollobrigida. Then there was this bathing scene which although did not show much skin had her rising out of the pool while her serving maids obstructed the view with a large cloth. As she wrapped the cloth around her shapely body, she said in a very sexy voice and tone: "Dry me." I narrated this scene to my poor friends who couldn't afford to go to a first run movie but they didn't get excited. I saw a re-run of the movie on a religious channel recently and I didn't see the belly dance scene.
This is the only other movie where I saw Yul Brynner with hair. He also had hair in The Sound and the Fury.
But now let's get serious. There is no mention in the bible of the Queen of Sheba as a temptress and spy for the Pharoah. All it says is that she was an admirer of Solomon who brought him lots of valuable gifts when she visited him to learn from his wisdom. If there should be a re-make of this film, it is suggested that Sheba be played by a black actress as we now know that Sheba was in what is now modern Ethiopia and even in those days, the inhabitants of that area were black. Also, Sheba was not the name of a queen but of the country that the "Kandake" (a title from which the name Candace is derived) ruled. Other than her title, therefore, we do not know the name of the Candace of Sheba.