Luke betrayed his Hellenistic culture and outlook by thinking of the Maltese as foreigners or “barbarians.” However, it was not necessarily a derogatory label. Luke called the people there hoi barbaroi, in Greek, “the barbarians,” which the NIV translates as “the islanders” (28:2). They would have been regarded by Greeks and Romans as “foreigners,” or people who spoke a foreign language. The natives of Malta were primarily of Phoenician ancestry. In the Phoenician language, Malta was called melita, meaning “a place of refuge.” For the 276 beleaguered crew and passengers of the doomed ship, it was certainly that and more. The Romans had captured the island in 218 B.C., at the beginning of the Second Punic War with Carthage. It is about 60 miles (97 kilometers) south of Sicily. Malta is a small island, about 18 miles (29 kilometers) long and 8 miles wide. In the words of Luke, they showed an “unusual kindness” (28:2). The Maltese rallied around the victims of this ship disaster much as people lend a hand to those suffering from disasters everywhere. After a harrowing journey, the passengers and crew could enjoy the safe haven of their landing site, the island of Malta.
Schedule: 21 or $10.Everyone either swam to the island or rode in on debris, and safely reached shore (27:43-44). (Through Monday at the Museum of Modern Art. Harrison was nominatedįor an Oscar for his role as Julius Caesar, but remember the ides of March: he exits about halfway through. (1965, directed by Carol Reed, with Charlton Heston as Michelangelo, and Harrison as Pope Julius II) and ''Cleopatra'' (1963), the four-hour-plus Taylor-Burton extravaganza.
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But it is Bernard Herrmann's wave-breaking score that truly capturesĪlso showing in the series are the intriguing ''Escape'' (1948, from the Galsworthy play) the comedy ''Unfaithfully Yours'' (1948, directed by Preston Sturges) ''The Agony and the Ecstasy'' (Tierney's husband) and the cast, including George Sanders as a ''perfumed parlor snake'' and a young Natalie Wood.
Muir'' to rise above mundane ghost stories is the cinematography (in which the Monterey Peninsula becomes the wild English seacoast), for which Charles Lang received an Oscar nomination the costumes by Oleg Cassini Sex is safe because the phantom has no body he even vanishes while she undresses, except, wait, his voice is heard justīefore fade-out: ''My dear, never let anyone tell you to be ashamed of your figure!'' Muir'' is admiring the ways the Hollywood censors were circumvented. Today one of the delights of watching ''Mrs. Which can all be seen in the MoMA series. Muir,'' also directed Harrison in ''Escape'' and ''Cleopatra,'' Harrison, who was born on March 5, 1908, and died in 1990, is being celebrated at the Museum of Modern Art. Daniel Gregg, the black-turtlenecked, Keats-quoting, devilishly goateed swashbuckler-about-the-house. Muir (Gene Tierney,Ībove with Harrison), is matching blasts with Harrison's Capt.
Muir,'' Harrison, not allowed such invective, does quite nicely with ''Blast!'' And soon the spunky widow, Mrs.
'REX HARRISON: A CENTENARY TRIBUTE' ''Damn, damn, damn, damn!'' shouts Rex Harrison in his signature role as Professor Higgins in ''My Fair Lady.'' But that was 1964.
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