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1 de nov. de 2017 · One key scene, occurring just before the intermission, is T.E. Lawrence’s (Peter O’Toole) meeting with General Allenby (Jack Hawkins), the newly-arrived British commander in Cairo. Lawrence has led forces of the Arab Revolt in an expedition to seize the port city of Aqaba from Turkey, crossing the Sinai Desert with his two young servants ...
He booked the Lawrence show into Covent Garden, where it opened as The Last Crusade -- With Allenby in Palestine and Lawrence in Arabia on August 14, 1919. The response was overwhelming. The show was given a 10-minute standing ovation, and rave reviews ran not on the theatre pages, but on the front pages of all the major papers.
Lawrence—“Lawrence of Arabia”—was Britain’s liaison officer with the Hashemite forces. Allenby’s forces at the final Battle of Megiddo (September–October 1918) crushed Turkish forces in Palestine and swept forward to occupy all of what would become Transjordan, Syria, and Lebanon.
In 1916, Lawrence was sent to Arabia on an intelligence-gathering mission. There, he met Prince Faisal, a leader of the Arab Revolt. Lawrence's ability to communicate directly with Faisal and his understanding of Arab grievances and aspirations quickly made him an important liaison between the British and Arab forces.
15 de jun. de 2011 · For With Allenby in Palestine and Lawrence in Arabia (1919), writer, broadcaster and world traveler Lowell Thomas and cameraman Harry Chase shot dramatic footage of T.E. Lawrence, a captain in the ...
4 de abr. de 2016 · Lowell Jackson Thomas (April 6, 1892 – August 29, 1981) was an American writer, broadcaster, and traveller, best known as the man who made Lawrence of Arabia famous. Thomas shot dramatic footage of Lawrence in the Middle East and, after the war, toured the world, narrating his film With Allenby in Palestine and Lawrence in Arabia and making ...
23 de jun. de 2014 · It featured both Allenby and Lawrence. He was the first one to come up with the name, "Lawrence of Arabia." It became this massive sensation throughout England. Very quickly, Thomas figured out that no one really cared about Allenby. So it just became Lawrence of Arabia. Over a million Britons saw this show, including the king and queen of England.
