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AVARICE AMONG THE AVOCADOS 105 plain he was ready for the opposition. "The censors may dis- agree with me. If they do they will have to disagree with Scripture— I shall be curious to see which of the Ten Com- mandments will be tagged as unfit by them You know the original revel around the Golden Calf was no censorship party." He had filmed a robust story, perhaps even patriarchal Cer- tain happenings during production puzzled him. Could they be construed as signs of approval from on high? If this was true, the Divine Will could thereby be substituted for the censors* will, and thus place the censors in the unenviable position of attacking both DeMille and Divine Providence. After telling reporters in San Francisco he had approached his task "with great reverence/' he said he was hard put to explain some things that occurred during the making of The Ten Commandments; they did not seem to belong to the earthly realm. "When Theodore Roberts was in the middle of the scene opening the Red Sea, a sudden shaft of light broke through the clouds and illuminated him like a halo. The multitude saw this. They were lifted to great heights, and gave me a perform- ance that no ordinary situation could have ever produced." Then there was the time when his cameras were focused on the faces of a crowd of sightseers outside a church. "We wanted to get an expression of reverence on their faces, but were hav- ing no luck. Then suddenly a bell tolled in a distance, announc- ing a funeral Hats came off. Silence settled on all. Many crossed themselves and we got an absolutely perfect scene." He pointed out he was not given to religious hysteria, adding soberly, "At Guadalupe we finished in two weeks what we did not think it possible to do in less than a month." The mystic revelations prompted scores of letters. The more deeply religious chided DeMille for not coming out and calling the unusual incidents by their right names, that is, miracles. The letters were placed in a special file and casually produced at later interviews, without comment, leaving the guests to de-