June 2013
Howard Hawks, Part 2 continues at AFI near D.C.

One Sheet - US

One sheet poster, U.S.

As part of “Howard Hawks, Part 2,” the American Film Institute will screen Land of the Pharaohs (1955) on Sunday, June 2, at 11:05 a.m., Monday, June 3, at 5:00 p.m., and Tuesday, June 4, at 5:00 p.m. at the AFI Silver Theatre in Silver Spring, Maryland. Rio Bravo (1959) will screen at the same theater on Friday, June 7, at 7:15 p.m., Saturday, June 8, at 1:15 p.m., and Sunday, June 9, at 3:10 p.m.

 

Dimitri Tiomkin, circa 1955

Tiomkin at work at the time of Land of the Pharaohs, circa 1955.

The London Symphony Orchestra performed “Land of the Pharaohs,” with lyrics by Ned Washington and “Pharaoh’s Procession” from the film as part of the concert program, Symphonic Hollywood: The Music of Dimitri Tiomkin. The recording on LSO Live are available here.

Sheet music for the song, “Land of the Pharaohs” and for “Rio Bravo” can be found in the Dimitri Tiomkin Anthology.

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