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The Spectacle of Spectatorship in Cecil B. DeMille’s ‘The Greatest Show on Earth’

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The Spectacle of Spectatorship in Cecil B. DeMille’s ‘The Greatest Show on Earth’

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Michael Barrett

/ 29 April 2021

DeMille’s ‘The Greatest Show on Earth’ is about spectacle and how people make a living fabricating gargantuan, silly, and sometimes dangerous fodder for the gawping public.

Decode the Pre-Code: Four Hot Early Talkies Hit Blu-Ray

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Decode the Pre-Code: Four Hot Early Talkies Hit Blu-Ray

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Michael Barrett

/ 8 September 2020

Sinuous camera moves and stylish direction, endings that surely wouldn't have flown after the Code crackdown: four pre-code talkies from Cecil B. DeMille, Phil Goldstone, Victor Halperin, and Stuart Walker.

The Heart That Refused to Burn Steadfastly Holds Its Secrets Close: Joan of Arc

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The Heart That Refused to Burn Steadfastly Holds Its Secrets Close: Joan of Arc

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/ 11 December 2014

Kathryn Harrison's longtime fascination with the Catholic Church finds its ultimate expression, and biggest challenge, in this biography of Joan of Arc.

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Cecil B. DeMille Is God Himself in ‘Samson and Delilah’

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Jeremiah Massengale

/ 17 March 2013

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‘The Ten Commandments’ Is Big, Bold, Even Daring Entertainment

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/ 28 March 2011

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Cecil B. DeMille Goes to Hell with ‘Madam Satan’

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Michael Barrett

/ 9 December 2010

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The Ten Commandments (50th Anniversary Edition) (1956)

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John G. Nettles

/ 29 March 2006

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The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)

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Jesse Hassenger

/ 12 April 2004