Lowell Thomas(1892-1981)
- Actor
- Writer
- Director
Lowell Thomas filmed Major T.E. Lawrence and his Arab army fighting the
Ottoman Turks in the deserts of Palestine in early 1917 during WWI. It
was he who coined the phrase "Lawrence of Arabia"' and with his film
and the following publicity made Lawrence perhaps the greatest legend
of the Twentieth Century.
Lawrence and the Arabs were betrayed by European imperial politics of the day, the consequences of which we still endure to this day at great expense and continuing unspeakable human suffering in the Middle East. Lowell Thomas was there to film the beginning and the middle. But not the end.
Lawrence and the Arabs were betrayed by European imperial politics of the day, the consequences of which we still endure to this day at great expense and continuing unspeakable human suffering in the Middle East. Lowell Thomas was there to film the beginning and the middle. But not the end.
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