Paramount was not entirely certain DeMilleвЂ™s pitch to remake one of theirД«iggest silent epics would do for the new-fangled fifties. Why should I let two thousand years of publicity go Once asked about his вЂexploitationвЂ™ of the Holy Scriptures,ДeMille coolly replied, вЂњThe Bible has been aД«estseller for centuries. Yet he instinctively was a showman at heart, never above letting a good story 'You are here to please me,' he often shouted at his extras, 'Nothing else on earth matters!' In researching The Ten Commandments DeMille could be heavy-handed and philosophical. Of GodвЂ™ вЂ“ or some would add, the will of DeMille for which DeMille made absolutely zero apology. Respect вЂ“ for his interpretation of the вЂ will DeMilleвЂ™s approach to movie-making, even in the era of 'stereophonic sound', Technicolor and widescreen VistaVision, nevertheless heralded from a theatricality in his lengthy tenure during the silent era that never quite left him also, an innate passion вЂ“ nee, Gift to the world, and what a whopper it is and has remained in the interveningДecades since its theatrical release perennially revived every Easter as a

After a lengthy career, this proved to be DeMilleвЂ™s final cinematic On a purely visual scale, fewД®pics before or since can lay claim to as much staggering wealth in production That the resulting film isД®ye-popping and star-studded is little wonder. Including DeMilleвЂ™s own 1923 silent version. DeMilleвЂ™s The Ten Commandments an elephantineД«ible-fiction spectacle designed to dwarf all others that had gone before it, Costliest and highest grossing film of 1956 was Cecil B.

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