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...Credo," responded Publius. "I believe that my salvation comes from Jesus the Christ, Who was crucified under Pontius Pilate. With Him I die that with Him I may have Eternal Life." Then he felt strong arms supporting him as he let himself fall backward into the pool, and heard Marcus' voice in his ear-"I baptize you in the Name of the Lord Jesus"-as the cold water closed over...
...backslid leftist playwright named Harvey Crane. For an imminent production, he has raised $300,000 (a multiple of the 30 pieces of silver, and thus a big symbol). Then he is asked to testify before the House Committee on Un-American Activities, whose chairman may be assumed to be Pontius Pilate. Hollywood is the fleshpots of imperial Rome. Villainous lawyers and venal politicians ("For a thousand dollars you can buy a Senator") gnash their teeth in the wings, and of course Judas Crane lets his old party pal have it (after a Last Supper at Sardi...
...this apology to make: "I did my best, but seated as I was between Jesus Christ and Napoleon Bonaparte . . ." How we progressed in the 25 years between Versailles and Yalta! I wonder if Churchill will live to say: "I did my best, but seated as I was between Pontius Pilate and Attila...
...medium to write for, because of the terrific precision of the timing." Sherwood's second play, scheduled for February, is still untitled but "is full of slapstick and pratfalls." The third, to appear at Easter, will be a serious drama with a Biblical theme, called The Trial of Pontius Pilate. Says Sherwood: "I thought the first ones should be comedies. I wanted to sort of ease into television...
Salome concerns a liberal, John, who is stirring up the populace with his wild doctrine. John soon comes to the notice of Joseph McCarthey (to avoid legal action, he is called Pontius Pilate in the film) who orders his arrest. Tiberius Caesar, a former military man now ruling the land--the implication here cannot be ignored--does not intercede and so the liberal loses his head for the last time...