El Cid (Allied Artists) (1961)

El Cid’ Named On Lists Of Year's Ten Best Films The epic story of Spain’s immortal warrior-hero of the 11th Century, “El Cid’ has been included on many lists of the year’s 10 Best Films, including those of Time magazine and the New York Times. Redbook Magazine praised it as ‘‘one of the great roman ces... breathtaking ... overwhelming;” Parents’ Magazine commented that “for sheer beauty it rarely has been equalled” and that it has a “love story real and moving,” and Argosy Magazine extolled it as “undoubtedly the most spectacular movie of the year.” With Charlton Heston and Sophia Loren toplining a cast of thousands, “El Cid” opens a special engagement next............ at the Saget east ages Soe theatre after having scored sensationally as a roadshow attraction in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Dallas and many other cities. The Samuel Bronston presentation in Super Technirama Technicolor marks the first time that the tale of the courageous warrior’s exploits on the battlefield and his undying love for the beautiful Chimene has been brought to the screen, But through the centuries, much has been written about El Cid, who united Christian and Moor to bring final defeat to the blackrobed Islamic hordes who crossed the Mediterranean, invaded the kingdom of Spain and were intent upon making a dagger-like thrust into the very heart of Europe. Few are the figures in history who have stirred the imagination of poets, dramatists and balladeers as much as did this invincible warrior, born Rodrigo Diaz de Bivar. Rodrigo was first acclaimed “El Cid” by his Moorish enemies; it is a term adapted phonetically from the Arabic “Seid,’ which means lord or leader. Heston is cast as tthis warrior who dreamed of peace for his land and fought brilliantly to finally achieve it. Miss Loren portrays the fiery and proud Castilian noblewoman Chimene caught up in a strange but lasting romance with him. Chimene’s love for El Cid at first was tender and warm, and then after he was forced to kill her father it burst into a consuming hate and almost fatal revenge; her ordered marriage to him began in deep bitterness, but her old love for him was renewed and grew strong enough to endure a long separation, lonely exile and the gnawing anxieties when he went into battle. Beginning with the _ classic “Poema del Cid,’ written in the 12th Century, the story of Rodrigo Diaz de Bivar has been kept alive by the beautiful Corneille play, “Le Cid,’ and such operas as Massenet’s “Le Cid’ and Cornelius’ “Der Cid.” For the current cinema specta cle, El Cid’s story was written by Academy Award winners Fredric M. Frank and Philip Yordan. The film’s music is the work of another Academy Award winner, Miklos Rozsa. “El Cid” is a Samuel Bronston Production in association with Dear Film Productions, was directed by Anthony Mann and is being distributed in the Western Hemi sphere by Allied Artists. MAT 1E Charlton Heston and Sophia Loren portray the turbulent lovers, El Cid and Chimene, in “El Cid,” currently at; the vanes ou cee. theatre. The Super Technirama Technicolor production is a Samuel Bronston Production in association with Dear Film Productions. Anthony Mann directed the epic drama and Allied Artists is releasing it in the Western Hemisphere. Genevieve Page Scores In ‘El Cid’ Genevieve Page, beautiful French actress, stars as the scheming Princess Urraca in “El Cid,” with Charlton Heston and Sophia Loren topping the cast and now playing a special engagement at the...... Sap ae theatre. Paris-born, she gained stage fame playing opposite Lawrence Olivier and Gerald Philipe and is fast building a following of American film fans after having been a favorite in French and British motion pictures. “El Cid,” in Super Technirama Technicolor, tells the story of Spain’s warrior-hero and is a Samuel Bronston Production in association with Dear Film Productions, It was directed by Anthony Mann. EL CID MAT 2B Charlton Heston plays the title role of Spain’s great warrior-hero in “El Cid,” currently at the........... ey: theatre. The Super Technirama Technicolor film is a Samuel Bronston Production in association with Dear Film Productions and stars Heston and Sophia Loren. Anthony Mann directed the film which Allied Artists is releasing in the Western Hemisphere. Tournament Gets Acclaim The Tournament of Calahorra, a fight to the death in “Fl Cid,” has been favorably compared by cinema critics and other viewers with three of the greatest scenes in movie history — the chariot race in “Ben-Hur,” the crossing of the Red Sea in “Ten Commandments” and the burning of Atlanta in “Gone With the Wind.” Starring Charlton Heston in the title role and Sophia Loren as the Castilian noblewoman he loves, “El Cid” is the story of the battlefield exploits and great romance of Spain’s 11th Century warrior-hero who saved his beloved land from the Islamic hordes. The Samuel Bronston presentation has opened a special engageMent: Ab suhe.=.....dh wes ae theatre after having’ scored sensationally in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Dallas and several other cities Where it opened as a roadshow attraction. At the time that El Cid lived there was the custom of trial by combat, during which God would judge guilt or innocence. In the Tournament of Calahorra, Heston fights to clear himself of a charge of treason as well as to win the disputed city of Calahorra for his ruler, King Ferdinand of Castile. His opponent is Don Martin, giant champion of King Ramiro of Aragon. He is played by Christopher Rhodes. Overlooking the block-long jousting field where the two men fought viciously is the beautiful Belmonte castle, one of many Spanish castles used during the filming of the epic story. Below its towers the full panoply of 11th Century heraldry is arrayed—knights in armor, ladies in brocades, bright banners, colorful tents, grand stands. The film in Super Technirama Technicolor is a Samuel Bronston Production in association with Dear Film Productions, was directed by Anthony Mann and is being distributed in the Western Hemisphere by Allied Artists. EI Cid’ One Of 10 Best “El Cid,” the screen spectacle picturing the battlefield exploits and great romance of Spain’s 11th Century warrior-hero, is on many of the nation’s lists of the year’s 10 best films, including those of Time Magazine and the New York Times. The motion picture with Charlton Heston and Sophia Loren costarred and in Super Technirama Technicolor will open a special enCAVEMEN ON: wk 5. ci ee at the Se Ste ee theatre. It comes there after having scored a big hit as a roadshow attraction in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Dallas and other cities. The Samuel Bronston presentation marks the first time that the tale of the Spanish warrior and the beautiful Chimene has been brought ito the screen, but for centuries the exploits of El Cid have captured the imaginations of poets, dramatists and balladeers. It was El Cid, born Rodrigo Diaz de Bivar, who united Christian and Moor in a final, successful offensive against the great Islamic hordes which crossed the Mediterranean intent upon swallowing up the land that was to become Spain and then making a daggerlike thrust into the very heart of Europe. COMPOSER Miklos Rozsa, internationally famed composer and conductor, composed the music for “El Cid,” Charlton Heston-Sophia Loren starrer telling the story of Spain’s beloved 11th Century warrior and NOW AL GHG cccseante sc iecencle eons theatre. Three times Rozsa has won the coveted Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences’ “Oscar” for his film scores of “Ben-Hur,” “Spellbound” and “A Double Life.” Rozsa is a native of Budapest, has written music for more than a dozen motion pictures and has composed for and conducted symphony orchestras in many world capitals. “El Cid,” in Super Technirama Technicolor, is a Samuel Bronston Production in association with Dear Film Productions. It was directed by Anthony Mann and is being distributed in the Western Hemisphere by Allied Artists. EL CID MAT 2H Producer Samuel Bronston (left) receives congratulations from Charlton Heston after receiving the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s Golden Globe as a Special Merit Award for the outstanding production, “El Cid.” Heston received a Golden Globe as the “World Male Film Favorite.” In “El Cid,” story of Spain’s warrior-hero of the 11th Century now at the Bess © uneeere to ate theatre, Heston stars in the title role, and Sophia Loren is starred as Chimene, Castilian noblewoman with whom he engages in what was to become one of the world’s great romances. “El Cid,” in Technirama Technicolor, is a Samuel Bronston Production in association with Dear Film Productions, was directed by Anthony Mann and is being distributed in the Western Hemisphere by Allied Artists. Legends Gather Around ‘Cid’ Producer Bronston To the motion picture industry, Samuel Bronston is a figure with a good deal of the same magnetic attraction that distinguishes the warrior hero of his own spectacular presentation, “‘E] Cid,” opening a special engagement at brig) air oe on eee ee theatre on record as a road show attraction in many key cities. History depicts the llth century knight portrayed by Charlton Heston opposite Sophia Loren in the Super Technirama Technicolor film as an inspiring new kind of leader looming up in Spain’s hour of trial to rally her forces and drive the darkness, embodied by the blackclad invading hosts of Islam, right out of the country. With such pictures as “El Cid,” “King of Kings,’ and other grandscale productions programmed to follow, Bronston emerges in the bold, imaginative, large thinking character of the industry’s leaders of old, but with a significant, latter-day difference. “This is a man,” they will tell you in Hollywood, “of background, culture, and exquisite taste.” And, in fact, his cinematic subjects, the knowledgeable care with which they have quite evidently been researched, and the polish of the finished creations bear them out. But the fascination exerted by the man on the industry proceeds from something additional — the box-office returns from his pictures. There is no darkness anywhere around Samuel Bronston. And that fact tends both to bear out his own concept of the movies as the greatest form of popular entertainment yet devised, and to justify his respect for the intelligence and taste of their audience. A quiet, soft-spoken man, Bronston was reared in Paris and educated at the Sorbonne, where he majored in political science, art, in ee eae after a glittering and music, His career as a producer dates from a meeting in Paris with the widow of Jack London. Out of it came the picture, “Jack London,” followed by “Martin Eden” and “Walk in the Sun.” A few years ago he was selected by the Holy See to prepare a color documentary dealing with its art treasures. His moving execution of the commission called forth high critical praise and Vatican commendation, In 1958 he organized his own company in Madrid, and “El Cid” and “King of Kings” have catapulted it and him to the status of international giants in the industry. Bronston is what is called a “personal producer,” meaning that he is not content to engage the services of artists and artisans and let a film take its course. From beginning to end, and in all its details, a Bronston production bears the impress of the mind and personality of the producer. On his schedule now are “55 Days At Peking,” another major uridertaking with Charlton Heston starring for him again, this time in a story of China’s dramatic Boxer uprising; a picture on the fall of the Roman Empire, and one on the French Revolution. “El Cid” is a Samuel Bronston Production in association with Dear Film Productions, It was directed by Anthony Mann, and is being distributed in the Western Hemisphere by Allied Artists. The screenplay is by Fredric M. Frank and Philip Yordan. EL CID MAT 2D Sophia Loren (right) is pictured as she tells Genevieve Page of her love for El Cid (Charlton Heston) in this scene from “El Cid,” story of Spain’s famed warrior currently at the...... bites airs Here oes theatre. The Super Technirama Technicolor film stars Heston and Miss Loren and is a Samuel Bronston Production in association with Dear Film Productions, Anthony Mann directed the picture which Allied Artists is releasing in the Western Hemisphere.