Ah, the "sword and sandal" heyday (Reply #31)

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Sat Apr 4, 2020, 09:10 PM

31. Ah, the "sword and sandal" heyday

Along with "Ben Hur" and "The Robe" it's a grand example of Ike-era zeitgeist. A Judeo-Christian blessing on white suburbanites.

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37 replies	Author	Time	Post
"The Ten Commandments" is on ABC tonight. 4 hours with commercials. [View all]	underpants	Apr 2020	OP
Pharaoh did it. In the burial chamber. With the jackal chalice.	Dennis Donovan	Apr 2020	#1
that's got to be painful..	stillcool	Apr 2020	#2
My daughter watched it for the first time last year	underpants	Apr 2020	#4
My husband loves to watch this every year	Ohiogal	Apr 2020	#9
It's was expensive to make	underpants	Apr 2020	#23
I read once that Hollywood loved to make Biblical epics	dflprincess	Apr 2020	#27
What?	crickets	Apr 2020	#21
Dance mud turtles Dance!	underpants	Apr 2020	#22
Next thing you know they'll put on The Robe or something.	defacto7	Apr 2020	#3
"the old windbag"	DinahMoeHum	Apr 2020	#5
It was written and produced at an 8th grade level so most Americans could follow along.	TheBlackAdder	Apr 2020	#6
There's ten? Who knew? Can't tell from today's "Christians"	milestogo	Apr 2020	#7
Who doesn't like costumes by Edith Head?	mahatmakanejeeves	Apr 2020	#8
I'll be worshipping my golden donkey instead.	Buckeye_Democrat	Apr 2020	#10
Blu Ray	Watchfoxheadexplodes	Apr 2020	#11
Those old testament stories are so tittilating	Blue Owl	Apr 2020	#12
"Oh Moses, Moses. Aren't my lips red like a pomegranate?"	stopbush	Apr 2020	#13
We live for that line by Anne Bancroft. Gotta be a classic!	CTyankee	Apr 2020	#32
I hope there's a lot of car chases and shootouts.	edbermac	Apr 2020	#14
In a way.... NT	mahatmakanejeeves	Apr 2020	#15
"Do you feel lucky, punk?"	edbermac	Apr 2020	#17
Was this when John Derek started his harem?	Watchfoxheadexplodes	Apr 2020	#16
Yes	underpants	Apr 2020	#25
There were 15 Commandments originally	maxrandb	Apr 2020	#18
Lots of Salientia are involved.	ornotna	Apr 2020	#19
so let it be written	CatWoman	Apr 2020	#20
😁	underpants	Apr 2020	#26
i remember those PSAs	CatWoman	Apr 2020	#29
Great story	edhopper	Apr 2020	#24
Nefretiri: "Oh, Moses, Moses, you stubborn, splendid, adorable fool!"	Golden Raisin	Apr 2020	#28
"Surrender Dorothy"	yonder	Apr 2020	#30
Yes	underpants	Apr 2020	#33
Ah, the "sword and sandal" heyday	misanthrope	Apr 2020	#31
Sephora	Mendocino	Apr 2020	#34
.	crickets	Apr 2020	#36
He drops the third tablet.	JHB	Apr 2020	#35
Resurrecting Carlin:	greyl	Apr 2020	#37

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