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228 Yes, Mr. DeMilk minded me that I had blocked the production of The Queen of Queens. Personally, I think that was Mr, DeMille's good luck. Recalling it in later years, DeMille atttributed the abandon- ment of the project to the Catholic Church's attitude on "the one big scene I had in the picture, the meeting between the Paragon of Virtue and the Paragon of Evil." Father Lord had told him there was no evidence Mary and Salome had ever met, then added with the air of a man who had suffered much from the limitations of mortal minds, "He said I could not show them together." The boss's faith in the Jesuit order was revived a little during preparations for Samson and Delilah. The big gaps and seeming inconsistencies in the Biblical story were troubling him. It was apparent someone had to interpret these Scriptural passages if he was to put a narrative on paper. Dan Lord was mentioned as a possible advisor, but the boss shook his head. Then, at the suggestion of an assistant, a letter was written to one of the bright young Jesuits, Walter J. Ong, of St. Louis University, who already had made a considerable mark in literary circles. The priest was sent a number of questions about the Samson episodes in the Book of Judges, and a month later there arrived at the bungalow a 70-page treatise on the subject. It amazed and delighted the boss. Here was a Jesuit with common sense! The boss telephoned the assistant from Paradise, where he had been reading the treatise, and demanded to know who this Walter Ong was. "Why," he exclaimed, "that man has a marvelous mind." "He's the Dan Lord of the future," the assistant joined in, momentarily forgetting that the boss did not share the general feeling toward Lord. "What!" he shouted, "He's got more on the ball right now than Dan Lord ever had. And I know nothing about the man other than what he has written in this treatise."