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Demetrius and the Gladiators (20th Century-Fox), a sequel to The Robe, is an energetic attempt to fling the mantle of sanctity over several more millions of the entertainment dollar. It offers a number of The Robe's sets, at least two of the same scenes, and three of the same stars -Jay Robinson, who plays the Emperor Caligula with a heavy sneer; Michael Rennie, who portrays Peter as a sort of apostolic Anthony Eden; and Victor Mature, a bulky fellow who helps in filling the huge CinemaScope screen...
...Million Robe. At least a dozen Biblical films are currently slated for production. Warner Bros, has three: 1) The Silver Chalice, with Virginia Mayo, Pier Angeli, Jack Palance and "a cast of thousands" in Novelist Thomas B. Costain's story about the cup Christ used at the Last Supper; 2) Land of the Pharaohs, which was written for the movies by Nobel Prizewinner William Faulkner; 3) Daniel and the Woman of Babylon, which has not yet been cast...
Encouraged by The Robe, which has already grossed $25 million ("And may go to $60 million," say publicity flacks), 20th Century-Fox is producing two more: the late Fulton Oursler's The Greatest Story Ever Told (for which the studio is paying a cumulative $2,000,000, biggest movie sales tag in history), and a sequel to The Robe called Demetrius and the Gladiators. Others include The Big Fisherman (Columbia), The Galileans (Universal), The Story of Ruth and The Song of Songs (Charles Feldman), The Prodigal (M-G-M)-in which Lana Turner plays a priestess of Astarte...
Cambridge police yesterday climbed up elaborate scaffolding to prevent Hollywood producer Spires Skouras from removing tiles from the roof of the Lampeon building, on Bow St. Skouras was expressing his objection to the selection of his CinemaScope production. "The Robe," as number one on the Bow St. publication's list of the "ten worst movies at the year...
...Robe. The first CinemaScope film; starring Richard Burton, Victor Mature and Jean Simmons (TIME, Sept...