This one sheet is not backed, is only slightly dirty, is in
remarkable shape.
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This is an original Paramount Pictures one sheet for the 1932 Cecil
B. DeMille spectacle THE SIGN OF THE CROSS—including an all-star cast
of Fredric March, Elissa Landi, Claudette Colbert, and Charles
Laughton. The certifiably insane Nero (Laughton) decides he wants a
new Rome, and the fastest way to get it is to burn down the old city.
But when the fire gets totally out of control and begins to turn the
whole city against the Emperor, Nero blames the Christians for the
deadly conflagration. The Emperor orders all the Christians rounded
up and condemned to horrible deaths in the arena. The handsome and
dashing Prefect of Rome Marcus Superbus (March) falls madly in love
with the beautiful Christian woman Mercia (Landi) and begs Nero to
save her. But the vampy Empress Poppaea (Colbert), who secretly lusts
for Marcus, persuades her husband not to spare the Christian woman.
When March realizes that there is no hope, he joins Mercia in the
dungeon and vows to die along with her. Marcus and Mercia go arm and
arm into the arena in the final scene. There were many totally
outrageous scenes in the movie—including an almost naked Colbert in
her famous bath scene using real milk from asses (the set gave off
such a foul smell that Colbert almost fainted twice), an orgy and
dance of almost naked slave girls before March, and many scenes of
incredible violence never before seen on the silver screen. The
scenes of Christians being eaten alive by lions aroused the wrath of
the Catholic Church. However, the film was an enormous success and
made millions for Paramount, re-establishing DeMille as a major force
in filmmaking. Considering its age, this original stone lithograph is
in excellent condition with beautiful and vibrant colors. Originally
folded as all one sheets from this period were, it has some pinholes
on the borders and one small pinhole in the center of the poster
above the name of Fredric March. Please contact Kirby McDaniel at
MovieArt (512-479-6680 or [EMAIL PROTECTED]) if you have any further
questions about this poster or its condition. Please visit our Ebay
store for more available titles. MovieArt has more than 20,000
posters in inventory; so, please inquire about any title in which you
are interested.
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