Storm Over the Nile (Columbia Pictures) (1956)

‘Storm Over the Nile’ Boasts Colorful Scot In Starring Role James Robertson Justice, who currently stars with Laurence Harvey and Anthony Steel in Columbia Pictures’ “Storm Over the Nile,” spectacular adventure drama of the Sahara which introduces lovely Mary Ure in color by Technicolor and CinemaScope at the _.. Theatre, is one of the most colorful actors performing in motion pictures. A burly Scot who took his doctorate at Bonn University, mastered nearly a dozen languages and then went off to distant lands in search of gold, he worked his way around the world as a lumberjack, fruit farmer, insurance salesman, ship’s steward, photographer, news agency reporter, ice-rink manager and schoolmaster. In 1944, Justice added to his diverse occupations by making his stage debut at the Players Theatre. He was seen by a film director who immediately realized that this engaging, bearded personality with the appearance of Henry VIII and a “shock-tactics” approach to everything was well worth a screen test. Justice went from there to such important films as “Quartet,” “Christopher Columbus,” “The Black Rose” and “Captain Hornblower.” In Hollywood, he made “David and Bathsheba,”’ “The Lady Says No,” “Anne of the Indies” and “Les Miserables.” Returning to England, he played in “The Sword and the Rose,” “Rob Roy” and “Robin Hood.” His more recent pictures include “Land of the Pharaohs,” “Out of the Clouds,” “Doctor in the House,” “Moby Dick,” “Above Us the Waves” and “Doctor at Sea.” Featured in “Storm Over the Nile,” a Zoltan Korda Production, are Geoffrey Keen, Ronald Lewis and Ian Carmichael. R. C. Sherriff’s screen play was based on a novel by A. E. W. Mason. “Storm Over the Nile” was directed by Terence Young and Korda Beauty’s Film Bow Beautiful, blonde Mary Ure makes her motion picture debut in Columbia Pictures’ “Storm Over the Nile,” mighty adventure of the African Sudan at the __.. Theatre in color by Technicolor and CinemaScope. A London stage actress before her movie bow, Miss Ure plays the feminine lead in the spectacular Zoltan Korda Production starring Laurence Harvey, Anthony Steel and James Robertson Justice. ‘Storm Over the Nile’ Marks Film Debut For Gifted Actress Within weeks after she left dramatic school, lovely blonde Mary Ure was offered two longterm contracts, one for stage and one for film work. The gifted young actress makes her film debut in Columbia Pictures’ spectacular adventure of the African Sudan, “Storm Over the Nile,” starring Laurence Harvey, Anthony Steel and James Robertson JUsteeGe the oS Theatre in color by Technicolor and CinemaScope. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Miss Ure was more interested in designing and painting the scenery for school plays and in producing them than in acting. When she left school, Mary went to London to attend lectures on speech delivery and training at the Central School of Dramatic Art, with a view to becoming an instructor. After a year of intense study, she decided the acting side of the theatre appealed to her more, transferred to the drama section and two years later was awarded the Sybil Thorndike prize. She was given a stage contract by H. M. Tennents, Ltd., and a tiny part in one of its touring productions. Recalled to London for a part in “Time Remembered,” Jean Anouilh’s play, she was an instantaneous success. This led to Miss Ure’s second contract, the first fruit of which is her debut role in “Storm Over the Nile.” Featured in the spectacular Columbia drama are Geoffrey Keen, Ronald Lewis and Ian Carmichael. Written for the screen by R. C. Sherriff from a novel by A. E. W. Mason, “Storm Over the Nile’”’ was directed by Terence Young and Zoltan Korda, who also produced the mighty adventure. Star a Bird Fancier James Robertson Justice, who plays a hard-bitten, retired general in Columbia Pictures’ “Storm Over the Nile,” at the ........ Theatre in color by Technicolor and CinemaScope, is a councillor of the Wild Fowl Trust and a Fellow of the Zoological Society. The actor maintains a private aviary which includes such rare birds as a Bonelli’s eagle and a White Goshawk. Important! Two additional publicity scenes — one-column Mat 1-C and two-column Mat 2-B—are shown on page 13 of this pressbook. “Storm Over the Nile” Mat 2-C; Still No. 984 ROMANTIC TRIANGLE in the spectacular love and adventure drama, “Storm Over the Nile,” includes stars Anthony Steel (center) and Laurence Harvey, and newcomer Mary Ure. James Robertson Justice also stars at thea ene Theatre in CinemaScope and color by Technicolor. ‘Storm Over the Nile’ Exciting Drama of Desert Action, Love (Review) The greatest love and adventure drama of the Sahara ever filmed, Columbia Pictures’ “Storm Over the Nile” yesterday opened at the Theatre. Starring Laurence Harvey, Anthony Steel and James Robertson Justice and introducing Mary Ure, in CinemaScope and color by Technicolor, “Storm Over the Nile” is a veritable storm of love, fury, spectacle and adventure; it has all North Africa as its battleground, a cast of thousands and a drama of sweeping scope and vividness. Based on the novel by A. E. W. Mason, R. C. Sherriff’s screen play for “Storm Over the Nile” tells how Steel, reluctant scion of a family proud of its military traditions, suddenly resigns his commission, motivated by the fear that he will prove an indifferent officer and a risk to his men in the bitter Sudan fighting. His brother officers and his beautiful fiancee, herself conditioned by the code of a military family, each send him a white feather, symbol of his supposed cowardice. To avenge his honor and that of the woman he loves, Steel embarks on a desperate course: he makes his way to the Sudan, disguises himself as a mute Sangali tribesman and embarks upon a series of incredible and heroic adventures while the course of battle rages in the African desert. He is among the thousands of natives who, by super-human exertion, haul the British gunboats up the dangerous Nile cataracts; he rescues Harvey when the latter is blinded by exposure to the pitiless Sahara sun and helpless before Arab attacks, by sheer will-power hauling him to safety over desolate desert, hungry and thirsty. With one feather returned, he rejoins the Arab legions, deliberately winding up a prisoner in the fortress dungeons of Ondurman where he attempts the rescue of his other two friends even as the prison is besieged by the British in one of history’s mightiest battles, where crack British infantry meet and smash fanatic dervishes in a desperate camel charge. Harvey, who won international renown with his fine acting, is equally splendid as the hapless officer rescued by Steel. As the man who proves his courage, Steel also is superbly cast and James Robertson Justice is properly arrogant and salty as the Crimea veteran with a contempt for the new military generation. Miss Ure, in her first motion picture, is attractive as Steel’s fiancee. Geoffrey Keen, Ronald Lewis and Ian Carmichael hold down important supporting roles. A Zoltan Korda Production, “Storm Over the Nile” was directed by Terence Young and Korda who also produced the spectacular Sahara adventure for Columbia Pictures. ‘Storm Over the Nile’ Columbia Pictures’ “Storm Over the Nile,” the Zoltan Korda Production reported to be the greatest love and adventure drama of the Sahara ever filmed, opens at sthee seer Theatre. Laurence Harvey, Anthony Steel and James Robertson Justice are starred in the spectacular drama in color by Technicolor and CinemaScope. The film introduces lovely newcomer Mary Ure and features Geoffrey Keen, Ronald Lewis and Ian Carmichael. Written for the screen by R. C. Sherriff, “Storm Over the Nile” is from a novel by A. E. W. Mason. Terence Young and Korda directed, while Korda also produced. “Storm Over the Nile’ Mat 2-A; Still No. Art 1 SPECTACULAR DESERT WARFARE provides excitement in “Storm Over the Nile,” the romantic adventure drama at the ________ Theatre in CinemaScope and color by Technicolor. Laurence Harvey, Anthony Steel and James Robertson Justice are starred. Spectacle, Drama, Romance In ‘Storm Over the Nile’ (General Advance) Unrivalled spectacle, drama and romantic adventure are brought Wee Are eae Theatre screen on in Columbia Pictures’ “Storm Over the Nile,” a Zoltan Korda Production starring Laurence Harvey, Anthony Steel and James Robertson Justice and introducing Mary Ure. “Storm Over the Nile” was filmed in color by Technicolor and CinemaScope with a cast of thousands, including principal supporting players ‘Storm Over Nile’ Vulture Lure Failed Vultures are independent actors, and they won’t perform unless the price is right. Film-makers learned this during location scenes in the African Sudan for Columbia Pictures’ “Storm Over the Nile,” the spectacular adventure drama that stars Laurence Harvey, Anthony Steel and James Robertson Justice and introduces Mary Ure atthe ...... Theatre in CinemaScope and color by Technicolor. One day vultures were required to circle the sky for the adventure drama, so two sheep were killed at 5 a.m. The camera crew waited, but not one vulture appeared. Late in the afternoon the unit learned that, miles away, cattle were dying from pest and all the vultures were there! Plays British Officer Laurence Harvey, who played Romeo in the recent successful screen production of “Romeo and Juliet,” is seen in Columbia Pictures’ “Storm Over the Nile” as a British officer blinded by the pitiless sun of the Sudan. Now 2} Fie ol 0s onan eae Theatre in color by Technicolor and CinemaScope, the Zoltan Korda Production also stars Anthony Steel and James Robertson Justice. Stars Lived in Tents The film unit on location in the African Sudan for Columbia Pictures’ “Storm Over the Nile,” starring Laurence Harvey, Anthony Steel and James Robertson Justice and introducing Mary Ure atothecste :) a5. Theatre, lived in tents some 50 miles from Khartoum. A Zoltan Korda Production, “Storm Over the Nile” was filmed in color by Technicolor and CinemaScope. Geoffrey Keen, Ronald Lewis and Ian Carmichael. Made in the actual locale of the thrilling story, the wild Sudan, the new romantic adventure is said by Hollywood to bring vividly to the screen the sun, sand and savagery of desert warfare raging from the Great Pyramids to the dungeons of Ondurman, from the dangerous Nile cataracts to the breathless, hot wastelands of North Africa. Based on A. E. W. Mason’s novel, “Storm Over the Nile” tells how Steel, although raised in a stern family tradition of military honor, resigns his commission in the Army when his regiment is ordered to active duty in the Sudan; he is afraid he will be a poor officer on the raging battlefield but his resignation is mistaken for cowardice. Steel is sent four white feathers by three brother officers and by his own fiancee. To win back his honor and his woman’s love, he goes to the Sudan as a civilian, assumes the guise of a mute Sangali tribesman and braves dangers beyond description. Highlights of the spectacular new screen adventure, whose scope and vividness are said to be enhanced by the CinemaScope and Technicolor cameras, are the assault of primitive Arab hordes against an isolated-British unit, the desperate desert trek by which Steel rescues a blind and helpless Harvey, the attack of the dervish camel cavalry, 2,000 strong, and the climactic siege of the fortress of Ondurman, one of history’s mightiest battles. Harvey, who impressed American audiences with his fiery Romeo in “Romeo and Juliet,’ convincingly plays the blinded office: who is aided by Steel. In the arduous role of the British officer posing as a native, Steel is reported to deliver a performance that enhances his reputation as one of Britain’s top stars. James Robertson Justice is said to be as salty as ever as a Crimean War veteran who deplores the softness of the new military generation and Miss Ure makes what is reported to be an auspicious motion picture debut, as Steel’s sweetheart. Geoffrey Keen is seen as Steel’s sympathetic doctor friend, and Ronald Lewis and Ian Carmichael are cast as his brother officers. R. C. Sherriff’s screen play is from the Mason novel.,; Terence Young and Korda directed “Storm Over the Nile.” Peas 15