Considering that for most of this film there are only three characters
on screen and two of them are very badly played by John Wayne and
Rossano Brazzi, (the third is a sultry looking Sophia Loren and she's
very good in an underwritten role), Henry Hathaway's "Legend of the
Lost" is a surprisingly entertaining piece of nonsense, complete with
lost treasure and some gorgeously photographed desert locations courtesy
of Jack Cardiff. There isn't much else yet Hathaway manages to keep us
watching, maybe with a promise that something is going to happen even if
in the end, it hardly ever does. It's success probably had a lot to do
with the Westener's love of deserts and exotic locations, (maybe there's
a touch of the T. E. Lawrence in all of us). It's hardly the best of
Hathaway but there's no denying it's very enjoyable.
Friday, 26 October 2018
LEGEND OF THE LOST **
Considering that for most of this film there are only three characters
on screen and two of them are very badly played by John Wayne and
Rossano Brazzi, (the third is a sultry looking Sophia Loren and she's
very good in an underwritten role), Henry Hathaway's "Legend of the
Lost" is a surprisingly entertaining piece of nonsense, complete with
lost treasure and some gorgeously photographed desert locations courtesy
of Jack Cardiff. There isn't much else yet Hathaway manages to keep us
watching, maybe with a promise that something is going to happen even if
in the end, it hardly ever does. It's success probably had a lot to do
with the Westener's love of deserts and exotic locations, (maybe there's
a touch of the T. E. Lawrence in all of us). It's hardly the best of
Hathaway but there's no denying it's very enjoyable.
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