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  1. Fredric March as Marcus Superbus - Prefect of RomeElissa Landi as MerciaClaudette Colbert as Empress PoppaeaCharles Laughton as Emperor Nero Claudius CaesarI...

  2. Empress Poppaea (Claudette Colbert), who has her eye on Marcus, soon learns of Mercia and, out of jealousy, orders her fed to the lions. Director Cecil B. DeMille

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    As seen up at the top, one of this film’s most memorable moments is our introduction to Empress Poppaea (Colbert) where she bathes in a bath of ass’s milk. In certain shots you can definitely see C...

    I’ve been running this site for nearly a decade now, and I’m not easily shocked by the content of pre-Code movies much any more. (George White’s Scandals and its fart and masturbation jokes non-withstanding.) But revisiting The Sign of the Cross for the first time in 20 years, I wasn’t expecting a whole lot. Images of Colbert bouncing about in the ...

    For these next couple of bullets, I’m going to summarize some (just some!) of the great background information about this film from Mark A. Vieira and Cecilia DeMille Presley’s essential Cecil B. D...

    This film is in my Essential Films of Pre-Code Hollywoodlist.
    This film is available on DVD, both as a standalone but also on a set of DeMille’s works along with Four Frightened People and Cleopatra. It is also available on blu-raywith two commentary tracks,...
  4. debauched Emperor Nero's (Charles Laughton in his first American film) wicked mistress Empress Poppaea (Claudette Colbert) bathing unabashedly in asses’ milk. the attempted corruptive seduction scene of virginal, blonde Christian Mercia (Elissa Landi) by Ancaria (Joyzelle Joyner) with a lesbian-tinged dance of the "Naked Moon" that visibly ...

  5. Aug 31, 2020 · The Sign of the Cross cost $694,000– slightly over budget– but it grossed $2,900,000. The film saved Paramount from shutting down and it restored Cecil B. DeMille to prominence. In addition, it made a star of Claudette Colbert, who would go on to star in DeMille’s Cleopatra (1934).

  6. Dec 6, 2017 · The Sign of the Cross (1932) Dec 6, 2017. Paramount Pictures. Starring: Fredric March, Claudette Colbert. Directed by: Cecil B. De Mille. Synopsis: The Prefect of Rome, Marcus Superbus (Fredric March), falls in love with a common girl despite the fact that she is a Christian.

  7. 124 mins More at IMDb TMDb. News Matthew Turner shares five outrageous pre-Code Hollywood films. After burning Rome, Emperor Nero decides to blame the Christians, and issues the edict that they are all to be caught and sent to the arena.

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