A pictorial history of the movies (1943)

Record Details:

Title:
A pictorial history of the movies
Date:
1943
Publisher:
New York : Simon and Schuster
Volume:
A pictorial history of the movies
Leaf #:
000260
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
March 28, 2024
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246 THE TALKING PICTURE Cecil B. DeMille, feeling that it was about time for him to be delivered of another spectacular picture, produced The Sign of the Cross, a combination of mob scenes, religion, sex, and movie stars that was heralded as being "bigger than The Ten Commandments." The critics didn't care much for Nat Pendleton's strolling through the picture, using American slang, but the public loved all of it, especially the Christian-eating lions. In this scene we have Fredric March, Elissa Landi, and, just behind her, Nat Pendleton. BELOW A scene from The Sign of the Cross in the making. Tommy Conlon ( the boy ) has been dragged from his dungeon to be tortured; Nat Pendleton is holding him; and to the right of him, looking on, is Ian Keith. DeMille is in the director's seat on the boom, with the cameraman in front of him.