Solomon And Sheba

For his last feature film, King Vidor unfortunately helmed this overblown and rather silly biblical epic. It also carries an unhappy legacy as being the film that killed Tyrone Power. Adapting freely from the Old Testament story of Solomon and Sheba, it opens with Solomon (Brynner) and his brother Adonijah (Sanders) preparing for an attack by the Egyptian army. After the Israelites handily defeat their enemy in an enormous battle sequence, Magda, the queen of Sheba (Lollobrigida) enters the scene. She insults Adonijah, then rides off to join her people. Back in Jerusalem, King David (Currie) is on his deathbed. He tells of a dream wherein the Lord revealed Solomon ...