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‘THE GREAT COMMANDMENT” ANOTHER ‘‘BEN HUR” Darryl Zanuck is determined to make another “Ben Hur” of “The Great Commandment,” complete with chariots. “The Great Commandment” was originally made on a modest—.almost amateurish—scale by an independent company. Zanuck was so struck with its possibilities that he bought it for £30,000 for remaking on the usually lavish Twentieth CenturyFox lines. It is a Biblical story laid during the Roman occupation of Judea, and most of the scenes will be filmed in a specially constructed “city” now being built in Mojave Desert. It will depict how the events of that occupation closely parallel those in Europe under Nazi domination. Highlight will be a battle scene in which 100 chariots are engaged. Tyrone Power and Linda Darnell have been cast for the leading roles
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21176, 27 July 1940, Page 13 (Supplement)
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132BIBLICAL FILM Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21176, 27 July 1940, Page 13 (Supplement)
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