In 1938, Pascal was named as one of the world's more famous men by "Time" magazine, along with Adolf Hitler and the pope. He followed the film "Pygmalion" with "Major Barbara" (1941), which he directed as well as produced. "Major Barbara" was filmed in London during aerial bombing by the Nazis. During air raids, the crew and cast had to dodge into bomb shelters. Pascal never stopped the production, and the film was completed on schedule. Pascal became more and more extravagant: "Caesar and Cleopatra" (1945), the next Pascal film of a Shaw play, was the most expensive British movie ever made at that time. It was a major financial and critical flop. Pascal insisted on importing sand from Egypt to achieve the right cinematic colors for the film. In this period, Shaw had become more difficult to work with. After the success of "Pygmalion", which was shortened in its transition from stage to screen, the playwright increasingly refused to let his plays be cut.