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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)

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