Several times DeMille made movies based off of biblical themes, and he always inserted sex into them-as much as he could get away with. DeMille knew that audiences love sex (or rather, the suggestion of sex), so he bathed his movies in it. DeMille was criticized in his day for being too bombastic and vulgar with his films, but that's what sold them. Intellectualism and subtlety? Not so much. It's got drama, spectacle, and sensationalism. DeMille's The Ten Commandments with Charlton Heston as Moses.
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