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-• i ^cAdvenfares of In “ The Adventures Of Hajji Baba,” producer Walter Wanger aimed the magic eye of the Cinema- scope camera at ancient Persia and has come up with an exciting, colorful passion-filled spectacle of ad- venture, intrigue and romance. Certainly, no Cinema- scope production released to date has been brightened by an array of so many beautiful girls as appear in the story of a reckless, ambitious young barber who won the hand of andtameda princess. All the romance and action of Persia some 2000 ; years ago sweep across the vast screen to provide , the highlights of this screenplay that boasts spec- tacular sequences involving harem beauties, slave ' girls and Turcoman warrior women. Based on the book by James Morier, the story moves with cara- I vans crossing the desert and penetrates the lavish i interiors of palaces and forbidden harems, all in I color by De Luxe. John Derek plays a young adventurer who seeks fame and fortune in this tale oi medieval days. Cross- ing paths with the beautiful Princess Fawzia, enacted by Elaine Stewart, he falls in love with her. Her af- fections, however, are aimed at a rival prince, who unbeknown to her, seeks to control all of Persia by marrying her. Amidst savage battles and extraordin- ary torture devices, Derek tries to convince her of his true love, which forms the basis of the story. The vast spectacle boasts a supporting cast headed by Thomas Gomez, a caravan owner; Amanda Blake, the flaming-haired warrior chieftan; Rosemarie Bowe, an exotic dancer; Paul Picemi as the evil Prince Nur-El-Din, and Donald Randolph as the Caliph. In addition, Producer Walter Wanger and Di- rector Don Weiss used hundreds of extras in the num- erous battle sequences and the colorful bazaar and caravan scenes. The screen play for ''The Adventures of Hajji Baba” was written by Richard Collins. Di- mitri Tiomkin, Academy Award winner of "High Noon” fame, wrote and directed the music for this Twentieth Century-Fox release. Highlighting his score is the song "Hajji Baba” which Nat King Cole sings on the sound track. "The Adventures Of Hajji Baba” is a showman’s delight in that it has proved itself profit ably receptive to exploitation. It has given the best boxoffice ac- count of itself where its exploitation properties have been fully capitalized. The barber, feigning that his only reason for being with the princess is that through her he will acquire the riches he aspires, makes passionate love to the flaming-haired woman warrior chieftan, only to be soon exposed and subjected to torturous punishment. Princess Fawzia (Elaine Stewart), too late learning the truth about the prince whom she insisted she would marry, tries to win her freedom from him, but fails. She is reconciled to the fate that awaits her when the barber, with whom she has fallen in love, through a clever ruse comes to her rescue. John Derek (left) as Hajji Baba, the barber who sought riches and royalty. . . and won both. . . engages in a fight with Paul Picerni, the evil Prince Nur-El-Din who plotted against an empire and mirriage to Persia’s mosi beautiful princess. Amanda Blake as The Banah, discarded wife of a reigning Persian prince and who led wild Turcoman women warriors in attacks on armies and merchants’ caravans to harass their former masters. Sex is a major part of this story.