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
Peggy George 1931 film "Five Star Final". Peggy George Peggy George (1908 – 1978) was an American film actress from the silent movie era. Born Margaret George de Mille, she was the daughter of William C. de Mille; her older sister was choreographer Agnes de Mille. (William was the nephew of noted film director Cecil B. DeMille.) George married producer B. P. Fineman on September 10, 1930. The couple had one daughter, named Judith; and divorced in 1937. Subsequently, she was married to one Richard Miller. She died in 1978. As a member of the of presumed interest to the tabloids, Peggy