Salome (1953):
"Her Salome Will Steal Your Breath Away" was the classic advertising slogan attached to this opulent Rita Hayworth epic with a powerhouse cast. Not the same story found in the Bible exactly, but a feast for the eyes.
Also stars Charles Laughton (Herod), Dame Judith Anderson (Herodias) and Stewart Granger (Claudius). "The dance of the seven veils" in this version beats out other attempts by far.
Salome
Jesus of Nazareth:
Zeffirelli offers one of the most sensitive and reverent portrayals of Jesus ever seen on film. In the title role, Robert Powell heads a huge international cast... intended to depict Jesus Christ as a human being rather than a religious icon.
Jesus of Nazareth
The Prodigal (1955):
In its retelling of the 22-verse Biblical story of the Prodigal Son, the film helpfully fills in the story details inconsiderately left out of the Old Testament. Edmond Purdon plays Micah, the wastrel son who takes his share of his father's fortune and blows it all in wicked old Damascus. Micah's one redeeming feature is his unserving faithful in the Lord God Jehovah. Samarra (Lana Turner at her most giddily exotic), High Priestess of the Goddess Astarte, intends to seduce Micah into renouncing his faith. She worships her goddess Astarte in the temple among the temple prostitutes. Sinking to an all-time low and seeing the error of his ways, Micah returns home and the fatted calf is killed in his honor. We like this film alot. It has romance, sin, forgiveness and faith. It is not intended to tell the Prodigal Son tale but is loosely based on it and is, of course, mostly fictional.If for nothing else, "The Prodigal" would be memorable for Lana Turner's pagan-ritual costume, which is barely there, and the turning merry-go-round loaded with temple prostitutes.
Prodigal
The Sign of the Cross (1932):
Fredric March stars as Roman Prefect Marcus Superbus, a noble military leader of the year 64 A.D. Emperor Nero (Charles Laughton) has just burned down the city and blamed the conflagration on Christians. Marcus, a Roman prefect and Empress Poppaea's lover,encounters a beautiful young Christian woman, Mercia ....When Nero orders that Christians are to be fed to the lions in the arena, Poppaea seizes the opportunity to get rid of her romantic rival, though Marcus pleads in vain with Nero to spare her life. Very "Cecil B. DeMille". We love it.
Sign of the Cross
Samson and Delilah (1949):
Cecil B. De Mille, Hedy Lamarr, Victor Mature, George Sanders star.
Delilah (Hedy Lamarr) woos Samson in hopes of discovering the secret of his strength, thus enabling her to destroy him. When she learns that the source of his virility is his long hair, Delilah plies Samson with drink, then gives him the Old Testament equivalent of a buzzcut while he snores away. Colorful and easy on the eyes- great fun....rousing climax wherein Samson literally brings down the house upon the wayward Philistines.
Samson and Delilah
The Queen of Sheba:
Leonora Ruffo is the exotically garbed title character in the Italian costume spectacle The Queen of Sheba. In the original Scriptures, Sheba and Israel's King Solomon merely exchanged gifts and parted company. Naturally, the filmmakers "improve" upon the story.
Queen of Sheba
Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954):
The title character, an ex-slave who embraced Christianity after being present at the Crucifixion. Thrown in jail for defending an elderly merchant from a sadistic Roman legionnaire, Demetrius is forced to attend gladiator school and fight in the arena for the amusement of the mad, debauched emperor Caligula. The well-proportioned Demetrius attracts the attention of Messalina, the nymphomaniac wife of Caligula's would-be successor Claudius. Briefly losing faith in Christ, Demetrius is saved from himself by the apostle Peter.
Demetrius and the Gladiators
Barabbas (1962):
Anthony Quinn stars as Barabbas, the thief who was pardoned in place of Jesus. For the rest of his life, the guilt-ridden criminal tries to justify his existence and to determine his place in the scheme of things. The film has its share of spectacular sequences-notably the burning of Rome-but what sticks in the mind are such personality-oriented vignettes as the stoning of Sara (Katy Jurado), the gladiatorial sadism of Torvald (Jack Palance), the self-righteous pomposity of Pontius Pilate (Arthur Kennedy), and the ultimate self-sacrifical demise of Barabbas himself. A deeply moving film.
Barabbas
The Ten Commandments (1954):
The Ten Commandments was the last film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. The story relates the life of Moses, from the time he was discovered in the bullrushes as an infant by the pharoah's daughter, to his long, hard struggle to free the Hebrews from their slavery at the hands of the Egyptians. A sweeping epic "with a cast of thousands". Magnifique.
Ten Commandments
The Crusades (1935):
Crusades
The Holy Wars are given the Cecil B. DeMille treatment in "The Crusades". It all begins in the 12th-century AD, when Jerusalem falls into the hands of the Saracens, and the Christians are slaughtered or sold into slavery. Romance, action and fine acting in this rarely seen classic.
Ben-Hur (1959):
This 1959 version of Lew Wallace's best-selling novel won 11 Academy Awards, still the most Oscars won by any movie. Starring Charlton Heston and a cast of thousands, it is a renowned Biblical epic of enormous scale, about the adult enmity between boyhood friends. A character-driven, action-filled, star-studded extravaganza. Ben-Hur never gives up trying to find his family or exact revenge on Messala. At crucial junctures in his life, he also crosses the path of Jesus, and each time he benefits from it. A beautiful film about the human condition. The chariot race is the most exciting race, of any type, ever filmed. VHS format.
Ben-Hur
Esther and the King:
Joan Collins starred as Esther in this melodramatic, routine Biblical story. The setting is Persia in the 4th century BC, and there are several intervening adventures and an additional, attractive woman who competes for attention.
Esther and the King
The Book of Kells: The Work of Angels?:
The Book of Kells features a Latin version of the Four Gospels and highly ornate drawings of the Apostles and other Biblical figures that resemble stained-glass window images. The book was completed circa 800 A.D. by a group of monks living on the island of Iona off Scotland's west coast. Pages, with the text and drawings, of this incredibly rare and valuable work of Irish art are shared with viewers on camera,
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The Prince of Egypt:
Dreamworks Pictures has taken the biblical story of Exodus, put it into cartoon form, and released it on the big screen as an epic animated feature. "The Prince of Egypt" tells the story of Moses releasing the Jews from Egyptian slavery under the hand of the evil pharaoh Rameses. Think of "The Ten Commandments" with songs and an all-star cast doing the voices.
Prince of Egypt
The Silver Chalice:
This glorious costume epic was freely adapted from a novel by Thomas B. Costain. The film casts Paul Newman as Basil, a 1st century Greek sculptor who is sold into slavery by his wicked uncle. In Rome he marries the demure Deborra (Pier Angeli) and dallies with the sensuous Helena (Virginia Mayo), the mercenary partner of court magician Simon (Jack Palance). Lorne Greene plays the Apostle Peter. Colorful and modernistic sets and a good plotline compensate for some of the actors over-the-top performances. (See Jack Palance try to fly! - E Brown, Ages Past)
Silver Chalice
King of Kings (1961):
The Greatest Story Ever Told:
Sodom and Gomorrah:
The Song of Bernadette: (1943):
The First Two Thousand Years:
Quo Vadis? (1951):
David and Goliath:
The Robe (1953):
Joan of Arc:
Biography: Solomon & Sheba:
The Story of David (1976):
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