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224 Y«, Mr. DeMilk looked to DeMille like the gal who could furnish it. His pre- liminary draft brought together Judas and Salome, and there were other scenes which undoubtedly would catch the ecclesi- astical eye of Sheen and Lord. DeMille hoped to do a repeat of a party as lively as the one before the golden calf in The Ten Commandments. But this time he would stage the orgy in Herod's court with teasing soubrettes dressed in little more than serves a stoker crew on a river steamer. It was the DeMille formula at work, and once again he risked getting caught between the hammer of propriety and the anvil of "popular appeal." The Herod's-court sequence, he felt, would prove what the Bible plainly intimated, that there were voluptuaries in those days who liked their drink strong and their women awash with willingness. Those were the big issues when DeMille sent Bill off with the preliminary draft to see the two priests. "Remember, you are dealing with Jesuits who have graduated far beyond the kindergarten stage." Cecil cautioned him. He told him not to try to get dramatic criticism from the priests, only advice on church attitude. See whether we are on any dangerous ground with Catholi- cism, he wrote in a letter to Bill shortly after his departure. Then added: I want to know whether they think our por- trayal of the Virgin Mother is "sufficient" in character, ideal and treatment to warrant their approval of our dramatization of their great Heroine. Cecil did not think it would be a good idea to leave the draft with Father Lord. His note to Bill continues: If you can get from him what you want without leaving the draft with him we will be much better of because it will be copied, sent to Rome, and will become the official accepted or rejected version of the story. Bill must have smiled indulgently at the last instructions— they might have caused him to wonder whether Cecil was in-