The Bible in film religious epics produced as vehicles for its biggest stars. "Samson and Delilah" was the biggest moneymaking movie of 1949 and is considered the picture that sparked the biblical-epic film craze of the 1950s. It was followed by two of 1951’s biggest box-office hits, "Quo Vadis" and "David and Bathsheba". Charlton Heston starred in Cecil B. DeMille's "The Ten Commandments" and "Ben-Hur". According to author Diane Apostolos-Cappadona, in the 1950s and 1960s, during the era of the production code, "the most acceptable cinematic path for movies to incorporate sex and violence was the biblical epic". Basing a film on the Bible
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