In the meantime, as Lucilius becomes aware, Cleopatra is beguiling Anthony with continuous showings of feasting and luxury while the vast population of Egypt is suffering in hunger and poverty. In November 1951 Katzman announced he would make the movie based on Cleopatra by H. Rider Haggard. Fifteen days in the making. As Octavius closes in, Anthony stabs himself, Lucilius breaches the palace gates in time to bring a dying Anthony to Cleopatra's chamber, and Cleopatra, in despair of the complete frustration of her ambitions, uses a snake to kill herself. Schallert, Edwin. Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Serpent_of_the_Nile&oldid=948818073, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 3 April 2020, at 05:31. With Rhonda Fleming, William Lundigan, Raymond Burr, Jean Byron. [6] One sequence depicts a chariot racing through the sands of Egypt towards a sand dune in the distance, behind which looms a pyramid. (Unlike the Elizabeth Taylor version, this Cleopatra is not madly in love with Anthony, but is merely using him as a stepping stone). The film had a very low budget. Los Angeles Times 21 Nov 1951: A7. [2], In May 1952 Kaztman said the film would start in August. Schallert, Edwin. Cleopatra persuades Anthony that all this disaffection is the work of her younger half-sister, Arsinoe, and Lucilius is sent on an expedition against her in which she is (unhistorically) killed. Lucilius, having previously accompanied Julius Caesar to Egypt and having been a close witness to Caesar's romance with Cleopatra, believes that Cleopatra is a woman highly skilled in besotting men to promote her own agenda, in this case to bind Mark Anthony to her desire to become queen of Rome and to make her son by Caesar the eventual ruler of the Roman Empire. In an early role, actress Julie Newmar (listed as Julie Newmeyer) appears as an exotic dancer clad only in gold paint (and a gold fabric bikini of early 1950s style).[1]. Elsewhere in the film, Rhonda Fleming as Cleopatra is clearly wearing a "bullet bra" of the style that was fashionable in the 1950s, and the Egyptian dancing girls are wearing bikinis of the same era. Drama: Dunne and MacMurray Reunion Hinted; Sam Katzman Slate Notable The film starred Rhonda Fleming, Raymond Burr, William Lundigan and Michael Ansara. Los Angeles Times 11 July 1952: B9. Serpent of the Nile is a 1953 Technicolor historical adventure film produced by Sam Katzman and directed by William Castle. It is extremely obvious that this composition (like many others) is a matte shot: the pyramid in the background is a superimposed painting, with the sand dune concealing the join between the live action and the matte.

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