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Solomon and Sheba (1959)
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25 December 1959 (USA)
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Behold! The love story of the ages! more
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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...
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HinoSenshi's Review of An Excellent Time-Waster.....With A Little Sex Thrown In!
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(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)
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Co-producer/star Tyrone Power had completed shooting more than half of the film when he collapsed during a duelling scene with George Sanders and died a few minutes later. Power was replaced in the role of Solomon by Yul Brynner, who refilmed all of Power's scenes. Power, however, is still visible in the film in long shots.
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Revealing mistakes: Israelite victory pivots on blinding the Egyptians with the Sun reflected in their shields as the chariots charge with the Sun behind them. The Pharaoh even remarks that the Israelites must defend themselves facing the Sun. But the Egyptians attack with long shadows stretching to their right, indicating the sun is to their left, not at their backs. Further, the shadows of the defender also stretch to their right, indicating they are facing the same direction as their attackers, not confronting them.
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Referenced in The Secret Life of Brian (2007) (TV)
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Holy Cow! I watched "Solomon and Sheba" the other day on TCM, and I totally LOVED it! It is very Biblically inaccurate (there was NOTHING between Solomon and the queen of Sheba, just a conversation!), but a lot of fun!
Yul Brynner is one of my favorite actors to watch on screen; he is sexy, charismatic, over the top, and has that whacked out ambiguous accent. His ability to believably play just about any nationality and role is very evident in his role as the Hebrew king in this film; even though he seems a little out of place. I wonder why they chose him to replace Tyrone Power? Is it just me, or did he never smile in this or any other movie? Sexy!!!!!
Gina Lollobrigia is waaaaaaaaaay hot in this movie! As the erotically inclined, temptress queen, she heats up the screen and blows everyone else out of the water! She and Brynner look very good together, and their love scenes are some of the HOTTEST I've seen in a 50's movie (especially the incredible steamy one at the pagan orgy-WOW!)! Gina has Vulcan eyebrows! I've never seen her in anything else, but I hope I can! She's as va-va-voom as Sophia Loren!
Other than these two hot actors, everybody else in the movie SUCKS. George Sanders is like a dull imitation of a villain-yawn! I got bored with the overlong battle scenes, most of which had no Historical basis at all! Errrrrggh!
Overall, I give "Solomon and Sheba" an 8 out of 10, it should be a 6 but the sexiness and eroticism of the love story brings it up to an 8. If you like pointless epics with some sexuality thrown in, then I definitely recommend this movie to you. It is a great way to waste a boring afternoon alone!