Lowell Thomas: Lowell Thomas. Actor: The Blonde Captive. 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,...
Known For: The Blonde Captive (Lowell Thomas), With Allenby in Palestine and Lawrence in Arabia (Director), Titans of the Deep (Narrator), Out of This World (Writer)