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The Silver Chalice is an unforgettable, visually insane, jaw-dropping stinker! Review by Paul Anthony Johnson ★★ 1 A film almost completely lacking in narrative virtues, but at least the weirdly abstract set design constantly catches the eye while Victor Saville's direction makes uncomfortably rigid wide-screen blocking look unsettlingly ...
Notable Works: “For My Great Folly ”. “The Black Rose ”. “The Silver Chalice ”. Thomas B. Costain (born May 8, 1885, Brantford, Ontario, Canada—died October 8, 1965, New York, New York, U.S.) was a Canadian-born American historical novelist. A journalist for many years on Canadian newspapers and a Saturday Evening Post editor ...
The Silver Chalice does have some good things. William V Skall's cinematography and Franz Waxman's score were nominated for Oscars and the nominations were deserving, the cinematography is beautiful and makes the most of the spectacle while the music positively sweeps, is lushly orchestrated in distinctive Waxman fashion and gives the film ...
Synopsis. A Greek artisan is commissioned to cast the cup of Christ in silver and sculpt around its rim the faces of the disciples and Jesus himself. He travels to Jerusalem and eventually to Rome to complete the task. Meanwhile, a nefarious interloper is trying to convince the crowds that he is the new Messiah by using nothing more than cheap ...
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A Greek artisan is commissioned to cast the cup of Christ in silver, and sculpt around its rim, the faces of the disciples and Jesus. He travels to Jerusalem and eventually to Rome to complete the task. Meanwhile, a nefarious interloper is trying to convince the crowds that he is the new Messiah, by using nothing more than cheap parlor tricks.
In many ways, The Silver Chalice is a retelling of basic themes in the Christian story in an entertaining and inspirational mode, which appealed to many people in the 1950’s. However, Costain ...
The Silver Chalice ★ 1954. Newman's career somehow survived his movie debut in this bloated, turgid Biblical epic about the momentous events that befall a young Greek sculptor who fashions a holder for the cup that was used at the Last Supper. Newman later took out an ad in Variety to apologize for the film, in which Greene also made his debut.
