The Long Ships (Columbia Pictures) (1964)

Russ Tamblyn If there’s one thing Russ Tamblyn can’t stand, it is still. With nothing to do, he’ll turn cartwheels, do handstands, ¢limb a flagpole or otherwise find some physical exercise to absorb him. As an actor, Tamblyn isn’t standing still, either; his sereen career has been climbing steadily ever since he first burst out of “kid” roles. Currently, Tamblyn stars in the ...... Theatre’s spectacular new adventure film, “The Long Ships,’ Technicolor-Technirama saga of the Vikings. Also starred are Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier, Rosanna Schiaffino and Oscar Homolka; co-stars are Edward Judd, Lionel Jeffries and Beba Loncar. Tamblyn plays a young Viking ‘who, with Widmark, sails in search of the legendary Golden Bell and finds not only the treasure, but plenty of battle, murder and sudden death in the stronghold of a Moorish Shiekh, A child star from his first screen appearance, as “The Boy With Green Hair,” Tamblyn’s pre-film training included singing, acrobatics, juggling, piano and drum playing, a magic act and dancing; he paid for his own dancing lessons by selling newspapers. “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” took Russ past his childhood stardom, and he has appeared in such pictures as “West Side Story,” “The Won ~derful World of the Brothers Grimm,” “How the West Was Won,” “The Haunting” and, now, “The Long Ships.” “The Long Ships” is Poitier’s first film since winning the Academy Award as best actor of the year, with his performance in “Lilies of the Field.” (Mat I-A; Still No. 49) Richard Widmark as a Viking and Rosanna Schiaffino as the wife of a Moorish Shiekh find much to discuss in ''The Long Ships,'' Columbia Pictures’ adventure spectacle in Technicolor and Technirama. Also starred are Sidney Poitier, Russ Tamblyn and Oscar Homolka. Page |0 (Mat 3-A; Still No. 90) The legendary Golden Bell of St. James, sought for and fought for by both Vikings and Moslems in “The Long Ships," new adventure spectacle in Technicolor and Technirama, is brought in triumph into the Moorish stronghold, with the Viking prsoners chained behind it. The new Columbia Pictures release stars Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier, Russ Tamblyn, Rosanna Schiaffino and Oscar Homolka. "The Long Ships" is Sidney Poitier's first picture since winning the Academy Award as best actor of the year. tierra uneneremtenteamat Th The Vikings of ‘The Long Ships’ The Vikings return to lusty life in “The Long Ships,” now at the ....... Theatre in Technicolor and Technirama. Richard Widmark, Russ Tamblyn and Oscar Homolka are among the redoubtable Norse adventurers; Poitier plays a Moslem Shiekh who is their bitter enemy and Rosanna Schiaffino also stars as Poitier’s chief wife. “The Long Ships” is Poitier’s first film since winning the Academy Award as best actor of the year, with his performance in “Lilies of the Field.” The Vikings were Scandinavian sea rovers — Norwegian, Swedish, Danish — who ravaged England, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy and Spain some thousand years ago. They explored and settled in Greenland and Iceland, tried and failed to settle in America. Adventurous, daring and destructive, the Vikings also were skillful seaman and efficient shipbuilders. Their “long ships” carried them to every corner of the known world. They did not spend all their time at sea or in raiding; they planted crops in the spring before they set out on raids; returned in midsummer to harvest them, and then returned to their seafaring. They fished, made salt or tar, built ships and constructed metal tools and weapons, Or, they engaged in lusty bacchanalian revels. Their long ships were comparatively small, between 70 and 300 feet long, propelled by oars or a single sail. The vessels went everywhere, and the crews gleefully attacked anyone. The ferocity of the Vikings has led to the present English word “berserk,” from the Viking word “berserker” or warrior. The Vikings attacked, killed, robbed, burned and then escaped, with ruthless and consummate skill. In “The Long Ships,’ Widmark leads the Vikings in desperate search for the fabled Golden Bell of St. James. Not only the Mediterranean peoples suffered from the Viking raiders, or the nations on the Atlantic Ocean. They sailed up all the rivers of Europe, and they journeyed deep into what is now Russia. The very name is believed to stem from the name of a Viking tribe, the Rus or Rhos. From Russia, the Vikings worked down to the Black Sea, and to Istanbul. “The Long Ships” is a Warwick-Avala production, produced by Irving Allen and directed by Jack Cardiff. Oscar Homolka Add to Oscar Homolka’s distinguished list of stage and screen characterizations his present appearance in “The Long Ships, satat Meese sore csts Theatre in Technicolor and Technirama. He plays a lusty, laughter-loving Viking chieftain, in a cast which also stars Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier, Russ Tamblyn and Rosanna Schiaffino. Homolka, considered one of the world’s finest character actors, appeared in well over 400 plays before he was 30, becoming an important European stage star before the arrival of Hitler led him to flee Austria. He was starred in British plays and films and then, in 1937, came to Hollywood for a film. Homolka became an American citizen on Christmas Day, 1942. Among his films are “Rage in Heaven,” “Mission to Moscow,” “The Seven Year Itch,” “The Key,” “The Tempest” and “War and Peace.” He played Uncle Chris in both the stage and film versions, winning an Oscar nomination for his performance. Jack Cardiff The son of music hall comedians, British-born Jack Cardiff was a child actor in films before becoming an assistant cameraman. With the advent of color, he was one of six important British cinematographers chosen for training in Hollywood by the Technicolor Company. Cardiff directed “The Long Ships,” now BTEC S Sis ,cfseue sean: Theatre in Technicolor and Technirama, with Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier, Russ Tamblyn, Rosanna Schiaffino and Oscar Homolka starred. “The Long Ships” is Poitier’s first film since winning the Academy Award as best actor of the year, with his performance in “Lilies of the Field.” Cardift’s first color photography assignment was “Wings of the Morning,” the first Technicolor picture produced in England, and he later was chosen to film the first Technicolor film made in France, “Main Street of Paris.”” He was the cinematographer on “Caesar and Cleopatra” and “Black Narcissus,” which won him the Academy Award. Subsequent films included “Red Shoes,” “The African Queen,” “War and Peace” and “The Frince and the Showgirl.” Advance Notice “The Long Ships,” starring Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier, Russ Tamblyn, Rosanna Schiaffino and Oscar Homolka, GIONS: caiare ticrenscs tebe Wenb. cin ene Theatre. A saga of spectacular adventure in the time of the Vikings, “The Long Ships” is a Columbia Pictures release in Technicolor and Technirama. Co-starred in the Warwick-Avala production are Edward Judd, Lionel Jeffries and Beba Loncar. Irving Allen produced the film which was directed by Jack Cardiff. The screenplay by Berkely Mather and Beverley Cross is based on the novel by Frans Bengtsson. Rosanna Schiaffino =: =I Dark-eyed and sultry Rosanna Schiaffino is starred as the chief wife of a Moorish Shiekh in Columbia Pictures’ new spectacle adventure, “The Long Ships,” NOWeal the ase: Theatre in Technicolor and Technirama, Sidney Poitier plays the Shiekh and Richard Widmark the tall, blonde Viking leader who attracts her attention. Russ Tamblyn and Oscar Homolka also star in the saga of a Viking search for legendary treasure, and Edward Judd, Lionel Jeffries and Beba Lonecar co-star. “The Long Ships” is Poitier’s first film since winning the Academy Award as best actor of the year, with his performance in “Lilies of the Field.” Miss Schiaffino, last seen as the Sicilian peasant girl involved in a deeply dramatic interlude with Vincent Edwards, in “The Victors,” was born in Genoa where, at the age of 15, she won the “Miss Genoa” title in a beauty contest. On her way to the coveted “Miss Italia’ title, she was disqualified when her age was discovered; the minimum age requirement was 18. The storm of publicity that resulted led to work as a model, and roles in several Italian films. These, in turn, brought Rosanna stardom in Italian, French, German and Spanish pictures. “The Long Ships” was produced by Irving Allen and directed by Jack Cardiff. A Warwick-Avala production, the film’s screenplay was written by Berkely Mather and Beverley Cross. Beba Loncar Beautiful, blonde and green-eyed, Beba Lonear is a 20-year-old making her American screen bow as the daughter of a Viking chief, in the spectacular new Columbia release, “The Long Ships,” at thertted 46:25 Re Theatre. Starred in the Technicolor-Technirama adventure spectacle are Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier, Russ Tamblyn, Rosanna Schiaffino and Oscar Homolka. Miss Lonear co-stars in the Warwick-Avala production along with Edward Judd and Lionel Jeffries. “The Long Ships” is Poitier’s first film since winning the Academy Award as best actor of the year, with his performance in “Lilies of the Field.” “The Long Ships,” a saga of a thousand years ago when the Vikings sailed for treasure in dangerous seas, sets Widmark and Poitier in desperate competition, the former as a fearless Norse adventurer seeking the legendary Golden Bell, and the latter as a powerful Moorish Shiekh who also wants the bell for his stronghold and Miss Lonear for his harem. In a motion picture which teams lusty Viking girls and bacchanalian revels with diaphanously-clad harem lovelies from all over the world, Miss Loncar’s breathless beauty is certain to make her an international star. Filmdom is aware of her talent; she has acted, sung and danced in a number of films which won special attention at the Cannes Film Festival. One of her pictures, “The Ninth Circle,” was an Oscar nominee. “The Long Ships” was produced by Irving Allen and directed by Jack Cardiff. FREE! | 5-Part Illustrated Serialization! The Story of "The Long Ships” For Newspaper Planting! Order Your FREE Serialization — With Stills! — From: Exploitation Department Columbia Pictures Corporation 711 5th Ave., New York, N. Y. 10022