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AVARICE AMONG THE AVOCADOS 101 to cross the line into the women's part of the town. When Theodore Roberts fell ill, Mrs. Roberts was summoned by tele- graph. "She wasn't allowed at first to visit me/' Roberts re- called, "until they thought I might die of pneumonia, and then I was removed to a hospital/' Aware of the appeal of the moon on the Pacific, DeMille's deputies patrolled the beach area for questionable behavior not called for in the script. It did not appear that any sandy sybarites were taken into custody, but several raids were made on necking bouts of very high amperage. No distinctions were made, young swains honorably bent on a salt-sprayed romance were ordered to break it up. All problems, however small, claimed DeMille's attention. His tirelessness was readily seen in his reluctance to transfer the right of final approval to other shoulders. It was a rare moment during production when a queue of nervous servitors did not trail off from his office door, dutifully lined up for the moment of inquisition. This deep wellspring of energy was pressed to somewhere near capacity during the desert bivouac of The Ten Command- ments. The toughest scene in the picture from a director's standpoint was the pursuit by Pharaoh's war chariots. It re- quired mass movement, in addition to speed and turbulence, an episode combining the more vigorous moments of Ben Hur and the charge of the Valkyries. There were some 300 drivers in the scene, the opening shot calling for a plunge by six chariots over a 200-foot embankment. The helmeted Egyptians (actually cowboys from San Jose) were going about the affair in a prudent manner. They took the precipitous slope at a speed that would meet traffic safety standards anywhere, but not DeMille's. He went into a bitter and choleric rage with each rehearsal "Don't you people understand? The Egyptians were making a death drive here." The phrase sank deeper than DeMille had intended. The cowboys shook their heads. Too risky.