Cecil B. DeMille Christian and Jewish heritage to convey a message of tolerance. "The Crusades" was the first film to show accord between Christians and Muslims. DeMille received more than a dozen awards from Jewish religious and cultural groups, including B’nai B’rith. In 1954, he was seeking approval for a lavish remake of his 1923 silent film "The Ten Commandments". He went before the Paramount board of directors, which was mostly Jewish-American. The members rejected his proposal, even though his last two films, "Samson and Delilah" and "The Greatest Show on Earth", had been record-breaking hits. Adolph Zukor, the chairman of the board,
Odds On (1928 film) Baxter the chance to ride his horse, Brigade, in a local derby and Baxter is victorious. The female lead, Phyllis Gibbs, had been under contract to Cecil B. de Mille in Hollywood. The movie was shot in June 1928 on location at Randwick racecourse and in Australasian Films' Bondi studio. A number of well known race horses and jockeys appear. The movie obtained a release in the UK as a quota picture. Odds On (1928 film) Odds On is a 1928 Australian silent film starring Arthur Tauchert set in the world of horse racing. It was the first film as