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208 Y«, Mr. DeMille every night... a chapter of the Old Testament and New Testa- ment and a chapter from American History " The witness estimated that about eighty million persons would see the picture, not counting "at least forty million who are not picturegoers, or theatergoers, and who don't read the movie columns or movie magazines/' "Upon what do those people depend for their recommenda- tion as to pictures they should see?" "On religious magazines, on the preaching from the pulpits, but most of all on the word of mouth that this picture is not an ordinary movie but carries a message they should hear." Upon cross-examination the opposing attorney referred to DeMille's pictures as spectacles. The witness flushed. "I challenge the statement." "How would you describe them?" "How would I describe them?" "Yes." "As works of art." "They were also, let us say, spectacular pictures, were they not? Spectacle pictures?" "Your definition of a spectacle, I am not sure what that would be. If you will tell me what you mean by spectacle I can answer that." "What I am trying to get at is this: you have scenes with four or five thousand people, haven't you?" "We used to be able to use four or five thousand, but we can't any more." "You can't any more? You can't use that many?" "No, sir, prices are too high." 'Would you go this far with me? In 1947 your pictures were well known in the trade and had assumed a more or less stand- ard pattern?" "Well, sir, I once made a picture for Ina Claire for $9,000. You say a standard pattern?"