The Sign of the Cross (1932)
Directed by Cecil B. DeMille
A Roman soldier becomes torn between his love for a Christian woman and his loyalty to Emperor Nero.
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What critics compared The Sign of the Cross to
Audience members who have been around for a while can’t help but compare the Christian films made by Cecil B. DeMille – The Ten Commandants949), Samson and Delilah (1949), The Sign of the Cross (1932), The King of Kings (1927); Henry King’s David and Bathsheba (1951) and Henry Koster’s The Robe (1953); all far more authentic Bible stories.
It has a modern outlook but provides a throwback, too, to the genre’s florid history – a flirtatious Claudette Colbert marinating in her milk bath in 1932’s The Sign of the Cross, or a pouting Peter Ustinov as Emperor Nero lounging about in silks and velvets in 1951’s Quo Vadis.