cecil blount demille and cb . the original name above the title . no matter what frank capra state it be demille who put the director or producer over the title . his be a name that bring in the public and their money when capra be still a gag man for mack sennett . from the first feature film in hollywood and the squaw man ( 1914 ) to his last production and the buccaneer ( 1958 ) he represent hollywood commercial success . with demille people fall into two ( 2 ) camp . we hate that hack and his hokey movie or we love him for he put our dream on the screen . we fall into that second group see our first demille film circa 1957 the ten commandment ( 1956 ) . my brother be four ( 4 ) and i be six ( 6 ) and we be enthral with cb from then on . he dare to put big thing on the screen . they may not of always work but he be unafraid to do them and stretch the envelope technically and do not give a damn what his critic think and neither do we . reap the wild wind ( 1942 ) be his second color film and we saw it in a re release circa 1958. the plot be typical demille and obscure historical incident blow up for the big screen . romance triangle punctuate by action sequence lead to a rousing conclusion . the film be well cast with paramount star paulette goddard and ray milland . not able to get errol flynn or tyrone power cb obtain john wayne who turn in a credible and sincere performance . milland stand up well to the duke and ms. goddard be a radiant love interest . a young susan hayward also show her stuff with robert preston . over shadow all be raymond massey a the head villain with stooge victor kilian . not to be forget be the cb stock company and from player who be with him during the silent era to akim tamiroff in a voice over for the lamb . paramounts special visual effect wizard gordon jennings lead that team and garner a oscar and victor young provide the score . music be very important in carry some of the fantastic going on . especially the giant squid scene that be direct underwater by cb himself . the one ( 1 ) thing we never understand about cb be that he leave many ( well ) project go fallow after invest money and time develop them . a few be the war of the world and titanic and when world collide . two ( 2 ) be do by george pal with cb a uncredited producer . it would have be very interesting to see how these would have turn out if make in the 1930s . just think about the casting and how the special visual effect would have be do be a fascinating mind game .