FLAWRENCE OF ARABIA

LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)
dir: David Lean

FLAWRENCE OF ARABIA
MAD #86, April 1964
w: Larry Siegel
a: Mort Drucker

Movie begins at funeral of T. E. Lawrence (Peter O'Toole), and repoters trying to figure out who he is.

The man on the far right is being lured away by Christine Keeler, known then for bringing down British politicians.

It then goes back to 1917, when Lawrence was a lieutenant in the army, seen by his supervisors as insolent and vain, and transferred to the supervision of Dryden (Claude Rains) to help Prince Faisal (Alec Guiness) and his men fight the Turks despite the objections of General Murray (Donald Wolfit).

Omar Sharif is Ali-ibn el Kharish. Lawrence is called “English” by them.

Lawrence convinces Auda Abu Tayi (Anthony Quinn) to take their side and help fight the Turks.

There was an intermission during this, because it was almost 4 hours, and theaters that showed them would charge double the price of admission. The journalist was played by Arthur Kennedy.

Cleopatra was the other blockbuster that year.

From Beatlezania drawn by John Severin, in Cracked #42, March 1965.

From Pell-Mell with Mel illustrated by John Severin, in Cracked #125, July 1975.