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122 Yes, Mr. DeMilk rules in the heat of directing a large picture. Once, displeased with a scene, he subjected Warner to a flow of sarcasm, where- upon the actor startled DeMille and the company with the indignant retort: "Mr. DeMille, do you realize to whom you are speaking?'* An order banned wisecracks under the penalty of immediate dismissal. The studio announced that both Warner and Dorothy Gumming, playing the Virgin Mary, had signed a 5-year con- tract stipulating they would not accept any film role which might lessen the dignity of their parts in The King of Kings. DeMille urged Warner and Miss Gumming to remain away from night clubs, and at least until the production was finished to avoid riding in convertibles, swimming, card playing, attending ball games. Other featured players signed a special agreement by which they promised to behave "in a chaste and becoming manner" during the period of the filming. It caused a lot of waggish comment. A person favorably disposed toward improper venery now might hesitate—breaking the moral code was one thing, but violating a DeMille contract was quite another. In the circumstances, one might guess that Warner's mag- nificent portrayal of the Christ would have made his career secure. Hollywood condemned players to types. Once having appeared in the role of the Savior of Mankind, Warner found there was little else available. He played the Head Lama in Lost Horizon, but other than that, Warner told friends, his film career ended with The King of Kings. Ironically, he died a few days before Christmas, 1958; the services in a Hollywood chapel were attended by fourteen persons. DeMille spent a good deal of time with Jacqueline Logan, a bubbly, vivacious redhead, going over the part of Mary Magdalene. He sought to impress upon her that it was a tre- mendous role. He said she would be called upon to give two performances—a beautiful and voluptuous creature in the early