Film, Video Web Page Lawrence of Arabia

Title

• Lawrence of Arabia

Summary

• The war experiences of T.E. Lawrence, a young British officer, who helped lead the revolt of Arab tribes against the Turks during the World War I desert campaign.

Names

• Lean, David, 1908-1991, film director
• Spiegel, Sam, film producer
• Bolt, Robert, screenwriter
• Wilson, Michael, 1914-1978, screenwriter
• Young, Freddie, cinematographer
• Coates, Anne V., film editor
• Jarre, Maurice, composer
• O'Toole, Peter, 1932-2013, actor
• Sharif, Omar, 1932-2015, actor
• Guinness, Alec, 1914-2000, actor
• Quinn, Anthony, 1915-2001, actor
• Hawkins, Jack, 1910-1973, actor
• Ferrer, José, 1912-1992, actor
• Quayle, Anthony, 1913-1989, actor
• Rains, Claude, 1889-1967, actor
• Kennedy, Arthur, 1914-1990, actor
• Horizon Pictures (G.B.), production company
• Columbia Pictures, film distributor
• Copyright Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

• Great Britain : Columbia Pictures, 1962 ; United States : Columbia Pictures, 1962.

Headings

• -  Lawrence, T. E.--(Thomas Edward),--1888-1935
• -  World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Middle East
• -  Arab countries--History--Arab Revolt, 1916-1918

Genre

• Epic films
• War films
• Historical films
• Feature films
• Action and adventure films
• Fiction films

Notes

• -  LP25769 U.S. Copyright Office
• -  Copyright: Horizon Pictures Ltd.; 19Dec62; LP25769.
• -  According to the Academy Awards database, the Writers Guild of America found that Micheal Wilson and Robert Bolt share the credit for the screenplay.
• -  Note on MI Film and Television catalog card: "Cannot be viewed; should be archival positive" (i.e., non-viewing print).
• -  Filmed in Super-Panavision 70 and Technicolor.
• -  Originally released in both 70 mm and 35 mm.
• -  LC also holds a theatrical projection print of the restored version in the AFI/Columbia (Sony) Collection, a laser videodisc viewing copy of the restored version in the Copyright Collection, a laser videodisc version in the LC Purchase Collection, and a DVD viewing copy in the Roger Blunck Collection.
• -  Sources used: MI Film and Television catalog card; Monthly film bulletin, v. 30, p. 17; MI Research Center Descriptions files; Eagan, D. America's film legacy, p. 586-588; Internet movie database, April 14, 2025; Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1960-1969, p. 312; Academy Awards Database, viewed April 14, 2025 via Oscars.org.
• -  Director of photography, F.A. Young ; editor, Anne Coates ; music, Maurice Jarre.
• -  Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins, Jose Ferrer, Anthony Quayle, Claude Rains, Arthur Kennedy.
• -  This film was selected for the National Film Registry.
• -  35 mm non-viewing print renumbered: FGB 5002-5013 to FGC 4397-4409.
• -  VHS viewing copy (VAC 6958-6959) removed from this record; see AVCMS 153981-8.

Medium

• non-viewing print 24 reels of 24 on 12 (approximately 221 min., approximately 19,890 ft.) : sd., col. ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

• FGC 4397-4409 (non-viewing print)

Library of Congress Control Number

• 90714533

Online Format

• web page
• image

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/90714533

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