DIRECTOR’S DILEMMA
To be. or not to be, authentic —that is the question that is bothering Cecil B. de Mille about the crown of the King of Hungary for the Paramount production, “The Crusades,’’ starring Henry Wilcoxon and Loretta Young. Either way, De Mille expects a certain amount of protest. The question revolves around the cross which surmounts the crown, and which, to be accurate, should be askew. Jt seems that King Stephen the First of Hungary, during the 10th. century, was so tall that when he walked through a door once he bumped the cross on his crown, knocking it crooked. The crown ot Hungary thereafter retained the lopsided cross. Do Mille states that if ho straightens it out, those who know will write him about this inaccuracy. Whereas, if he makes it crooked, those who do not know will accuse him of doing i‘, for effect.
Jack Conway, who is to direct “A Tale of Two Cities,” is following the “David Copperfield” precedent and going to England and France to collect background material.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXV, Issue 148, 8 June 1935, Page 14
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175DIRECTOR’S DILEMMA Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXV, Issue 148, 8 June 1935, Page 14
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