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"HIT SEX HARD!" 207 was never greater. Rarely had he had so many ideas about one of his movies. And he got a chance to express a few, though under circum- stances he could not have foreseen. It was in March 1950. Paramount was disturbed over a regu- lation in the Chicago area that did not permit a picture to run more than two weeks in any downtown theater—to prevent ex- hausting the picture's market before it reached the residential houses, A mere two weeks! A DeMiDe picture was just getting warmed up at that point, and the public, forgetting all the nasty things the critics had said, were discovering for itself the pic- ture's real merits. DeMille felt he could always depend upon the public. Paramount went into Federal court in Chicago with a request that the regulation be set aside and Samson and DeKldh be permitted an extended run in the downtown area. DeMille was the principal witness for the petitioners. Motives were inquired into quickly. Paramount's attorney asked DeMille whether he was interested in making a profit on the picture. The witness smiled. It wasn't a question he would have pre- ferred, but a record had to be made on the point. What had motivated him in choosing this particular Bible story? "You mean other than money?" asked DeMille. "Yes, other than money." "Well, if the Court will permit me to go back a little, my father was studying for the Episcopal ministry when he met my mother... and she persuaded him he would have a greater congregation in the theater than in the Church, so he became one of America's greatest playwrights and carried his message throughout this nation, and when motion pictures came along I was enabled to carry on through his teachings... he read to us