Storm Over Tibet
| Storm Over Tibet | |
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| Directed by | Andrew Marton |
| Screenplay by | Ivan Tors Sam Meyer |
| Produced by | Ivan Tors Laszlo Benedek |
| Starring | Rex Reason Diana Douglas |
| Cinematography | George E. Diskant Richard Angst |
| Edited by | John Hoffman |
| Music by | Arthur Honegger Leith Stevens |
Production company | Summit Productions |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Storm Over Tibet is a 1952 American adventure film directed by Andrew Marton and starring Rex Reason and Diana Douglas.
Plot[edit]
During World War II, David Simms pilots supplies between India and China over the Himalaya Mountains.
Cast[edit]
- Rex Reason as David Simms
- Diana Douglas as Elaine March Simms
- Myron Healey as Bill March (as Myron Healy)
- Robert Karnes as Radio Operator
- Strother Martin as Co-pilot
- Harold Fong as Sergeant Lee
- Harold Dyrenforth as Professor Faber
- Jarmila Marton as Mrs. Faber
- William Schallert as Aylen
- John Dodsworth as Malloy
- Marcella Concepcion as High Lama (as M. Concepcion)
Production[edit]
The film used footage filmed by Andrew Marton of the 1934 International Himalayan Expedition led by Norman Dyrenforth, whose son Harold Dyrenforth played a character based on his father.[1] Much of the footage appeared in Marton's 1935 Swiss-German film Demon of the Himalayas with some sequences reused by Columbia in their 1937 film Lost Horizon. Actor Rex Reason made his debut in the film telling an interviewer he was chosen for his role because the film needed an actor who could physically fit the shots of the previous actor who had died.[2] Reason's 27 minutes of footage included climbing sequences filmed in an indoor studio using white painted corn flakes as snow.[3]
Arthur Honegger reused some of his score from Demon of the Himalayas.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ p. 229 Pitts, Michael R. Columbia Pictures Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Films, 1928–1982 McFarland, 12 Oct. 2010
- ^ http://www.classicimages.com/people/article_9eb3fc45-2366-5f89-88b6-f53e6cd71e26.html [dead link]
- ^ Weaver, Tom Rex Reason in Double Feature Creature Attack: A Monster Merger of Two More Volumes of Classic Interviews McFarland, 19 Feb. 2003
Bibliography[edit]
- Greene, Naomi. From Fu Manchu to Kung Fu Panda: Images of China in American Film. Hong Kong University Press, 2014.
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