Kodascope Talking-Film Library (1936)

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37 RELIGIOUS ^^^ft ill 1 ^^B ^'J H ^^^^Hp^^ ^^ ^V^ jiM 12P-5600 *"King of Kings" Code KERBA A Cecil B. DeMille Production Jesus, The Christ H. B. Warner Peter Ernest Torrence Judas Joseph Schildkraut Matthew Robert Edeson Mary Magdalene Jacqueline Logan Caiaphas, High Priest of Israel Rudolph Schildkraut Pontius Pilate, Governor of Judaea Victor Varconi Eber, a Pharisee Otto Lederer A Young Roman Bryant Washburn A Roman Noble Lionel Belmore A Prince of Persia Sojin THE KING OF KINGS is an elaborate and reverent attempt to use the motion picture as a means of telling the greatest story in the world. The film drama opens with the brilliant scene in the house of Mary of Alagdala, and here the elaboration of luxury is used to mark the contrast with the Magdalen's shame and repentance when she finds herself face to face with Christ. She has gone to Him to win back her lover, Judas the betrayer. She remains to become the most faithful and devoted of His followers. The character of Judas is developed with subtlety and skill. He sees in the Man of Nazareth a national leader who may drive out the Romans and restore a free Judea to a place among the nations. He is impatient of the allembracing pity and the care for the poor. He gradually realizes the disappointment of his hopes and that his Master dreams of a Kingdom of which he has no conception, and it is in a fury of resentment that he plays the traitor's part in the Garden of Gethsemane, as it is in a fury of • Exclusive Kodascope Libraries Subject. Specify Two Alternates