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What's the Best from CB?

The Cheat
1 (5.3%)
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
0 (0%)
Old Wives for New
0 (0%)
The Squaw Man
0 (0%)
Don't Change Your Husband
0 (0%)
Male and Female
0 (0%)
Why Change Your Wife?
0 (0%)
The Affairs of Anatol
0 (0%)
The Ten Commandments (1923)
1 (5.3%)
The King of Kings (1927)
0 (0%)
The Godless Girl
1 (5.3%)
Madame Satan
0 (0%)
The Sign of the Cross
0 (0%)
Cleopatra (1934)
0 (0%)
The Plainsman
0 (0%)
The Buccaneer
0 (0%)
Union Pacific
0 (0%)
Samson and Delilah
0 (0%)
The Greatest Show on Earth
0 (0%)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
5 (26.3%)
other
0 (0%)
don't like any
2 (10.5%)
haven't seen any
9 (47.4%)

Total Members Voted: 19

Author Topic: DeMille, Cecil B.  (Read 2793 times)

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Re: DeMille, Cecil B.
« Reply #20 on: April 25, 2021, 03:32:27 PM »
Updated Ranking


The King of Kings (1927)
★ ★
Suffers from the blandness of going first.

1. Jesus Christ Superstar
2. The Gospel According to St. Matthew
3. The Last Temptation of Christ
4. Jesus of Nazareth
5. Ben-Hur
6. The Miracle Maker
7. The Greatest Story Ever Told

8. The King of Kings
9. The Passion of the Christ



The Sign of the Cross (1932)
★ ★
Half boring character drama and half campy sensationalist. Tries to be a serious look at the persecution of Christians in Rome under Nero, but Charles Laughton plays the emperor as a big baby, Claudette Colbert is once again used by DeMille only for sex appeal and the lengthy finale depicting what really happened at the Coliseum is  like 1930s Saw, with suggestively naked people being torn apart by various animals and fighting horribly offensive pygmy warriors.


Samson and Delilah (1949)
★ ★ ½
A freakishly strong man, brought down by his love for a beautiful woman who can’t be trusted. I wonder if it’s even possible to tell this story with the sexism built into its core. Putting that aside, there’s entertainment in the spectacle, though with actors who know how to ham like George Sanders and casting Victor Mature as Sampson you can’t be surprised by the silliness.