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AMONG THE LILLIPUTIANS 59 picture is anything but perfect. We refer to every DeMille pic- ture at all times as great/' It was as if to say a DeMille produc- tion was born full-blown, in all its grandeur. DeMille was frequently called upon by correspondents to name "the ten best pictures of all time/* a chore promptly passed on to staff members and one we always approached a little nervously. The problem was to figure out how many or how few DeMille films to include on such a list. Back in 1923 he had picked "the six best of all time/' naming Birth of a Nation, Cabiria, Intolerance and Robin Hood, and included two of his own, Joan the Woman and Male and Female, J& second and fourth place respectively. In 1951, he was asked to select the ten best for an art and film festival in Brussels, and obliged with the following: Cabiria Birth of a Nation Ben Hur The Ten Commandments The King of Kings The Big Parade The Sign of the Cross Gone With the Wind Going My Way Samson and Delilah Of the ten, the four in italics were DeMille productions. However, a year before he had included only one, Samson and Delilah, on a ten-best list requested by the United Press; but that request was made near the release date of the picture and promotionally it was deemed wise to focus attention on a single film, displaying once again his shrewd sense of publicity values. By a translation in the meaning or juggling of events he would add a new glow to an ordinary occurrence. A case in point took place during preparations for The Greatest Show on Earth. DeMille was having trouble with the Music Department over an original song for Betty Hutton to sing in the picture. He