Storm Over Tibet
Storm Over Tibet is a 1952 American adventure film directed by Andrew Marton and starring Rex Reason, Diana Douglas and Myron Healey.
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| Directed by | Andrew Marton |
| Produced by | Laslo Benedek Ivan Tors |
| Written by | Sam Meyer Ivan Tors |
| Starring | Rex Reason Diana Douglas Myron Healey |
| Music by | Arthur Honegger Leith Stevens |
| Cinematography | Richard Angst George E. Diskant |
| Edited by | John Hoffman |
Production company | Summit Productions |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date | July 1952 |
Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Production
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.
Cast
- Rex Reason as David Simms
- Diana Douglas as Elaine March Simms
- Myron Healey as Bill March
- 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
- Reginald Lal Singh as Undetermined Role
- John Dako as Undetermined Role
- Maxine Doviat as Undetermined Role
References
- 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
- Weaver, Tom Rex Reason in Double Feature Creature Attack: A Monster Merger of Two More Volumes of Classic Interviews McFarland, 19 Feb. 2003
Bibliography
- Greene, Naomi. From Fu Manchu to Kung Fu Panda: Images of China in American Film. Hong Kong University Press, 2014.