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If you look at Cecil B. DeMille's career, he never went small.
He went BIG.
The Ten Commandments
The Ten Commandments
Samson and Delilah
Reap the Wild Wind
North West Mounted Police
Union Pacific
The Plainsman
The Sign of the Cross
Cleopatra
and in 1935, The Crusades.
Shot in early 1935, and with a running time of over two hours, it's almost the length of the actual Crusades.
Shot by Victor Milner, who worked on many of the DeMille productions, it's a beautiful photographed mini-epic.
While I'm thrilled that Kino has released it on Blu-ray, it's an older transfer, with problematic grain.
But it is what it is. OCNs on these film do not survive.
As to Mr. DeMille, the reality is that he really didn't direct that many films after the silent era.
The 1930s - 9 features credited
The 1940s - 5 features
The 1950s - 3 features
But what he did, was BIG!
Image – 2.75
Audio – 3.5
Pass / Fail – Pass
Works up-rezzed to 4k - No
Upgrade from DVD or import Blu-ray - Yes
Recommended
RAH
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He went BIG.
The Ten Commandments
The Ten Commandments
Samson and Delilah
Reap the Wild Wind
North West Mounted Police
Union Pacific
The Plainsman
The Sign of the Cross
Cleopatra
and in 1935, The Crusades.
Shot in early 1935, and with a running time of over two hours, it's almost the length of the actual Crusades.
Shot by Victor Milner, who worked on many of the DeMille productions, it's a beautiful photographed mini-epic.
While I'm thrilled that Kino has released it on Blu-ray, it's an older transfer, with problematic grain.
But it is what it is. OCNs on these film do not survive.
As to Mr. DeMille, the reality is that he really didn't direct that many films after the silent era.
The 1930s - 9 features credited
The 1940s - 5 features
The 1950s - 3 features
But what he did, was BIG!
Image – 2.75
Audio – 3.5
Pass / Fail – Pass
Works up-rezzed to 4k - No
Upgrade from DVD or import Blu-ray - Yes
Recommended
RAH
Thank you for supporting HTF when you preorder using the link below. As an Amazon Associate, HTF earns from qualifying purchases. If you are using an adblocker you will not see link.
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