Scripture Index

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Genesis 19:16, 55 4, 24, 137 19–20, 54–5 4:14, 286 20, 232 6:1–4, 278 20:4, 238 6:5, 278 21:24, 187 6:13–21, 281 32, 56–9, 233–8 7:1–4, 281 32:20, 239 8, 276 32:27–28, 239 11, 276 32–34, 119 16, 143 Numbers 19, 219–23 12, 233, 238, 244 37, 149–50 13, 16 39:10, 151 13-14, 107 39:11, 151 16, 233 41-46, 151 21, 16 Exodus Deuteronomy 1:11–14, 75 8:3, 54 1:12, 75 34:5, 58 1:15–22, 78 Judges 1:15–2:10, 25 4-5, 141–2 2, 136 11, 69–70 2:1, 77 13, 65, 213 2:2–11, 79–85 13–16, 214 2:3–7, 41, 45–7 14:5–6, 214 2:9, 85 15-16, 43 2:11–4, 88 16:5, 106 3:1–4, 47–50 16:12, 215 3:2, 111 16:15–16, 215 3:3, 48 16:21, 280 7-14, 76 First Samuel 9:18–35, 109 1:12-15, 1 11-12, 109–16 10, 205 12:30, 116 13, 205 12:37, 116 16:19, 67 14, 16 17, 66 14:10–31, 50–2 17:34–36, 206 14:19, 111 18, 142 15:20–21, 51 21-22, 207 16, 16 22, 142 16–17, 52–4 24, 143 17, 16 311

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First Kings 27:51, 266, 269 1–3, 202 28, 16 3:16–28, 68 28:2–3, 272 10:1-13, 144–7 Mark 10:13, 146 9:2–8, 29 18, 285 10:13-14, 174 Second Kings 11:27, 264 11, 65 12:12, 264 First Chronicles 12:17, 264 2:15, 206 Luke Esther 6:11, 264 2:8, 104 9:28–36, 29–30 Daniel 15:11–32, 192 3:25, 221 18, 172 5, 101–4 20:25, 264 6:22, 49 23:34, 99 Judith John 7:7, 164 1:1, 11 7:17, 165 2:1, 172 14:6-7, 167 2:11, 172 Matthew 3, 16 2:16–18, 25, 79 6, 16, 24 4:4, 54 8, 264 8:2–3, 242, 244 18:10, 271 11:19, 173 19:6, 265 12:21, 264 20:19, 273 16:26, 242 First Corinthians 17:1–9, 29 10, 24 17:5, 32 10:4, 16 17:6, 30 Second Timothy 23, 24 3:16, 90 26, 16 Hebrews 27, 24 11:23, 25, 116 27:22-28, 187

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1 Maccabei (Cines, 1911), 158 Athalie (Racine, 1691), 118 audience competition, 227, 259 Aaron, biblical character, vii, 57, 58, 110, 112, 115, 116, 122, 128, 129, 130, 132, 133, 231, 232, Babington, Bruce, 3, 4 233, 238 Bach, Alice, 1 Abel, biblical character, 18, 106, 138 Baltimore Afro-American, 257 Abel, Richard, 3, 5, 6, 44, 45, 61, 96, 111, 124, 133, Bara, Theda, 198–200, 207 146 Belshazzar, biblical character, 101–4, 118, Abraham, Claude, 119 176–90, 288 Absalom, biblical character, 143 Benoit-Lévy, Édouard, 95 Absalon (Pathé, 1912), 143 Bentley, T., 56 acting, 97, 168 Berger, Artur, 253, 307 Adam, biblical character, 18, 140 Bernardini, A., 157, 301 adaptation, 9 Bible, as mediated text, 224, 239, 244–6, 277, history of 278, 285 Esther, 100–1 Bible ‘De Sacy’, 10 Feast of Belshazzar, 100–1 Bio, xii, 89, 90, 91, 105, 117, 125, 134 Judith, 100–1 Biograph Bulletin, 37 literary, 9, 193, See also I.N.R.I. (Rosegger) Birchard, R. S., 227, 236, 289, 302 musical, 9 Bitzer, Billy, 178, 307 pictorial, 9, 120–2, 231 Blackton, Stuart, director, v, 4, 10, 61, 64, 66, 67, theatrical, 67–8, 197, 198–200, 205–7 68, 69, 70, 72, 73, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, A Fool There Was (Fox, 1915), 198 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, Alexandre, René, actor, 146 114, 116, 117, 121, 123, 124, 125, 127, 128, 129, Alma-Tadema, Lawrence, 26, 38, 122 130, 132, 133, 135, 152, 158, 165, 166, 194, Altman, Rick, 31 199, 205, 206, 207, 230, 231, 282, 291, Ambrosio, Italian production company, 123, 136, 296, 297 154, 157, 298 Blythe, Betty, 201–5 Ammann, J. J., 14 Boccacio (Sascha, 1919), 217 Amram, biblical character, 125–34 Bogan, Boris, 263 A Narrow Escape (Pathé, 1908), 135 Boillat, Alain, 43 Anderson, Howard (Sr), 269 Bondanella, Peter, 159 Andréani, Henri, director, 10, 125–53 Boston Globe, 257, 307 Andréani Films, French production Bour, Armand, 96 company, 153 Bourbon News, 203 Andrews, Lew, 54 Bousquet, Henri, 41 Anna Karenina (Fox, 1915), 197 Bowser, Eileen, 72, 73, 85, 94, 160, 302 Anthony, Walter, 196 Brewster, Ben, 192 anti-Jewish portrayal, 188–90, 264–6 Brill, Lesley, 181 anti-legalism, 186, 194, 240, 244–5, 292 British Gaumont, British production Athalie (Pathé, 1911), 95 company, 37 313

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Britt, Brian, 4 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 269, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 18, 307 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, Brooks, Peter, 126 285, 286, 287, 288, 290, 292, 293, 299, 305 Brown, Karl, 177 Cyrus, biblical character, 101–4, 177, 183, 184, 185, Brownlow, Kevin, 160, 177, 178, 183, 203, 204, 186, 187, 189, 190, 208 287, 302 Buchanan, Judith, 100, 157, 162 Daniel, biblical character, 101–4 Daniel dans la fosse aux lions (Pathé, 1904–5), 44 Cabiria (Itala, 1914), 159, 177, 178, 179, 291 Dathan, biblical character, 234–7 Caiaphas, biblical character, 18, 262–6 David, biblical character, 66–8, 142, 205–7 Cain, biblical character, 18, 106, 136–41, 286 David and Goliath (Kalem, 1908), 66 Caïn et Abel (Pathé, 1911), 136–41 David et Goliath (Pathé, 1911), 125 Cairns Post, 209 David et Sau¨l (Pathé, 1911), 142, 298 Campbell, Richard, 3, 7 Davis, Thomas, 243 Capellani, Albert, director, 65, 106 Davis, Tim, 2 Carmen (Fox, 1915), 197 Debona, Guerric, 2 Carou, Alain, 95 Delilah, biblical character, 43, 106, 212–17 Carr, Harry, 189 DeMille, Cecil B., director, 4, 7, 10, 227–46, 282, Carré, Michel, director/writer, 118, 192 292 Caserini, Mario, director, 101, 157 Dickens, Charles, 190 catalogues, 8 Die Dame mit dem Schwarzen Handschuh (Sascha, American Mutoscope and Biograph, 17 1919), 212 Lubin, 29, 62 Die Königin von Saba (Goldmark, 1875), 146 Pathé, 41, 45, 51, 53, 57, 127, 142 Die Lichtbild-Bu¨hne, 225, 226 Chateaubriand, François-René de, 119 Die Sklavenkönigin/Moon of Israel (Sascha/FBO, Cherchez la Femme (Sascha, 1921), 217 1924/1927), 4, 246–58, 260, 280, 283, 288 Chicago Tribune, 256, 300 Dijkstra, B., 233, 307 Childs, Brevard, 24, 302 Doeg, biblical character, 206 church Don’tChangeyourHusband(Paramount, 1918), 227 as venue for exhibition, 38, 71, 73 Doré, Gustave, vi, 21, 26, 27, 33, 38, 44, 59, 108, ﬁgures, as consultants, 89–92 111, 231 Ciné-Journal, xii, 99, 108, 125, 153, 307 dramatic arts, 9, 96–8, 119 cinematography medieval, 24 camera movement, 80, 87, 132, 139, 144, 149, Drew, William, 185, 189, 194, 211 171, 177 Dumont, Hervé, 3, 7, 44, 261 point-of-view, 164, 172 shot distance, 69, 72, 82, 87, 117, 132, 149, 155, Eckhardt, J., 29 174, 176, 229, 267, 271, 279 Éclair, French production company, 123, 124, 125, shot length, 69 136, 197, 297, 306, 307 tricks. See tricks; cinematic Edden, Valerie, 25 vignette, 106 editing, 80 Cines, Italian production company, 101, 123, 157, parallel action, 82 158, 159, 162, 297, 298 shot length, 80, 87, 229 Cleopatra (Fox, 1917), 197 Edwards, J. Gordon, director, 24, 197, 198, 199, Cohen, J., 25 200, 201, 202, 203, 205, 206, 207, 208, Coissac, Guillaume Michel, ﬁlm historian, 11 209, 210, 219, 223, 228, 229, 231, 242, 246, Collins, Alf, director, 38 247, 248, 280, 299, 303 Columbia Evening Missourian, 202, 203 Eisenstein, Sergei, director, 190 Connelly, Marc, 293 Eli, biblical character, 1 copyright deposit descriptions, 8, 205, 231, 243, 301 Elijah, biblical character, 18, 285 Corda, Maria, 213 Elley, Derek, 3, 44 Cosandey, Roland, 2 Elliott, Kamilla, 206, 232, 303 Curtiz, Michael, director, 3, 10, 211, 212, 217, 218, Elsaesser, Thomas, 126 219, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 229, 239, 242, Erdman, A., 56 243, 244, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, Esau, biblical character, 106

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Esther, biblical character, 18, 104–5, 248 Haggard, L. Rider, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 254, Esther (Gaumont, 1910), 104–5 256, 278, 287 Esther (Pathé, 1913), 149, 181 Hall, S., 160, 205 Evans, Peter, 3, 4 Haman, biblical character, 118 Eve, biblical character, 18, 140 Handel, Georg Friedrich, 9, 101 Exum, Cheryl, 106 Hannah, biblical character, 1 Eyman, Scott, 259, 261, 263, 266, 275, 289, 303 Hanson, B., 179 Harrison, L. R., 168 Fairservice, D., 160, 167, 303 Harrison’s Reports, 229, 300 FBO, American production company, 256 Hart, G., 85 femme fatale, 10, 141, 142, 198–200, 202, Hatot, Georges, director, 41, 98, 123, 124, 125, 224, 292 295, 297 Fescourt, H., 13 Heilman, Robert, 136 Feuillade, Louis, director, 10, 13, 98–122, 135–6 Heine, Heinrich, 100 ‘Le Film Esthétique’, 99–100, 105, 120 Heintzelman, M. J., 14 Film d’Art, French production company, 95, Henabery, Joseph, 178 123, 139 Herod, biblical character, 18 Filme d’Art Italiano, 123 Herr, Mireille, 100, 119 footage Higashi, Sumiko, 4, 229, 231, 245, 303 expanded, 72, 144, 153, 159 historical research, 185 reduced, 153 Holloway, Ronald, 2 Ford, C., 65 Holofernes, biblical character, 101, 118, 161–9 Forshey, Gerald, 3 Home Sweet Home (Majestic, 1914), 191 Fox, American production company, 10, 196–209 Honneur de Père (Pathé, 1905), 134 Fox, William, viii, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, Horak, J.-C., 256, 308 203, 205, 207, 208, 209, 219, 224, 242, Höritz Passion Play (Klaw and Erlanger, 1897), 247, 292, 299 13–29, 271 From the Manger to the Cross (Kalem, 1912), 2, 64, appearing in Biograph catalogue (1903), 35 144, 155, 173, 271 Passion play from which adapted. See Passion plays Gaudreault, André, 2, 5, 44, 155 prefatory scenes reduced, 36 Gaumont, French production company, 3, 10, 41, scenes, 18 98–122 Humbert, J., 230, 304 Gauntier, Gene, 144 Gauthier, Philippe, 155 I.N.R.I. (Neumann, 1923), 225–6, 267, 270 Genini, R., 198, 200, 303 I.N.R.I. (Rosegger), 193–4, 224 George Kleine, American distribution company, illustrated Bibles, 9, 108, 111, 240, 275 59, 61 Indiens et Cowboys (Pathé, 1903), 134 Gish, Lilian, 169, 191, 303 intertitles, 75, 80, 105, 127, 129, 171, 206, 215, 232, Giuda (Mari, 1919), 261 242, 263, 285 Giuditta (Giacometti, 1857), 157 dialogue, 70, 76, 206 Giuditta e Oloferne (Cines, 1908), 101, 157 Intolerance (Triangle, 1916), 2, 170–96, 211, 244, Giuseppe ebreo (Cines, 1911), 158 252, 264–6 Gledhill, E., 126 Babylonian story, 176–90, 249 gloriﬁcation/apotheosis of biblical character, 57, 70 Judaean story, 170–6 Goliath, biblical character, 66, 207 medieval story, 170 Goodall, Frederick, 38 modern story, 170 Gourmont, Rémy, 134 Isaac, biblical character, 18 Grace, Pamela, 2 Israel in Egypt (Poynter, 1867), 230 Grifﬁth, David Wark, director, 7, 10, 160–96, 291 Jacobs, Lea, 192 Guazzoni, Enrico, director, 158, 159, 160, 161, 166, Jael, biblical character, 141–2 167, 298 Jaël et Sisera (Pathé, 1911), 141–2 Gunning, Tom, 2, 5, 69 Jairus, daughter of, 270 Guy, Alice, director, 98 Japheth, biblical character, 279, 280–1

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Jasset, Victorin-Hyppolyte, director, 123, 124, La Naissance de Jésus (Gaumont, 1908), 99 125, 297 La Passion du Christ (Léar, 1897), 41 Jefford, Clayton, 2 La Reine de Saba (Gounod, 1865), 146 Jephthah, biblical character, 69–70 La Reine de Saba (Pathé, 1913), vii, viii, 144, Jephthah, daughter of, biblical character, 69–70 146, 147, 148, 150, 152, 153, 162, 202, Jesionowski, J., 192, 304 208, 298 Jesus Christ, 8, 99, 124–5, 170–6, 225, 242, La Resurrection de Lazare (Éclair, 1910), 124–5 260–75, 288 La Vie de Moïse (Pathé, 1905), 44–60, 61, 73 Jewish Advocate, 257, 300 La Vie du Christ (Gaumont, 1906), 41, 98, 124 Jewish opposition to Jesus, 176 La Vie et la Passion de Jésus-Christ (Lumière, 1898), depiction of, 170–6, 262–6 41 Joan the Woman (Paramount, 1916), 227 La Vie et Passion de Notre Seigneur Jésus Christ Jocheved, biblical character, 76–86, 125–34 (Pathé, 1902–5), 20, 42 John, the Baptist, biblical character, 199 La Vie et Passion de Notre Seigneur Jésus Christ Johnson, Julian, 189, 190, 195 (Pathé, 1907), 62–3, 64, 156 Joseph (son of Jacob), biblical character, 18, 149–52 La Vie et Passion de Notre Seigneur Jésus Christ Joseph fils de Jacob (Pathé, 1913), 149–52 (Pathé, 1913), 154, 175, 271 Joseph vendu par ses frères (Pathé, 1904), 44, 58, 59 Lacassin, Francis, 99 Joseph vendu per ses frères (Film d’Art, 1909), 149 Lasky, Jesse, 227, 228, 243, 256, 299, 300, 301 Josephus, Flavius, 199 Lavedan, Henri, 96–8 Judas, biblical character, 18, 96–8, 225, Lazarus, biblical character, 18, 124–5, 266, 271 261–2, 263 Le Baiser de Judas (Film d’Art, 1908), 96–8, 261 Judith, biblical character, 101, 142, 161–9, 248 Le Bargy, Charles, 95 Judith and Holofernes (Aldrich, 1896), 163 Le Christ et la pécheresse (Gaumont, 1908), 99 Judith et Holophernes (Gaumont, 1909), 101, 135–6 Le Detective (Pathé, 1906), 134 Judith of Bethulia (Aldrich, 1904), 163–4 Le Festin de Balthazar (Gaumont, 1910), 101–4, 180 Judith of Bethulia (Biograph, 1914), 3, 161–9 Le Festin de Balthazar (Pathé, 1904), 44 Judson, P., 14 Le Jugement de Salomon (Pathé, 1904), 44, 68 Jung, U., 225, 226, 270, 304 Le Jugement de Salomon (Pathé, 1912), 143 Le Martyre de Saint Étienne (Pathé, 1912), 142 Keil, Charles, 69 Le Sacrifice d’Abraham (Pathé, 1912), 143 King James Version (1611), 10 Le Sacrifice de Ismaël (Pathé, 1912), 143 Kinnard, Roy, 2 Léar (aka Albert Kirchner), director, 11 Klaw and Erlanger, American production lecture, 9 company, 23, 169 lecture, accompanying, 22 Klein, L., 106 Caïn et Abel (1911), 140 Knight, F., 239 Höritz Passion Play (1897), 20–2 Kolowrat-Krakowsky, Count Alexander, 211, 212, La Vie de Moïse (1905), 45 246, 247 The Life of Moses (1909–10), 71, 92–4 Korda, Alexander, director, 212, 213, 214, 216, 217, The Passion Play (1898), 30–2 218, 219, 223, 224, 225, 229, 238, 239, 242, Leibfred, Philip, 247, 308 243, 244, 248, 280, 281, 283, 299, 302 Leondopoulos, Jordan, 170, 181, 184, 190, Koszarski, R., 169 195, 304 Les Sept Pêchés capitaux (Gaumont, 1910), 105–8, L’Amour et Psyche (Gaumont, 1908), 99 119, 136–41 L’Assasinat du duc de Guise (Film d’Art, 1908), 95 L’Exode (Gaumont, 1910), 108–22 L’Aveugle de Jérusalem (Gaumont, 1909), 99 Leyda, J., 190, 211, 304, 307 L’Enfant Prodigue (Benoit-Lévy, 1907), 95 Lieber, Fritz, 202 L’Enfant Prodigue (Pathé, 1902), 41 Life’s Shop Window (Fox, 1914), 197 L’Orange, H. P., 59 location shooting, 137 La Bonne Presse, 11 California, 253 La Civilisation à travers les âges (Star-Films, Catalina island, 260 1907–8), 136 Egypt, 143–4, 150, 208 La Figlia de Herodiade (Film d’Arte Italia, 1916), 199 France, 154 La Mort de Sau¨l (Pathé, 1912), 143, 298 Fontainebleau, 137

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Palestine, 208 Milbank, Jeremiah, 259, 260 Jerusalem, 144 Miriam, biblical character, vi, vii, viii, 27, 40, 41, Vienna, 253 46, 51, 76–86, 125–34, 164, 200, 230, 233, Long, Edwin, 38 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 241, 242, 243, 244, Long, Frederick, 180 248, 254, 280, 283, 284, 285, 288, 303 Lord, D. A., 260 Moberly, Walter, 237 Los Angeles Times, 189, 227, 243, 245, 256, 307, 309 Moïse (Chateaubriand), 119 Louvish, Simon, 245, 259, 260, 274, 304 Moïse sauvé des eaux (Pathé, 1911), 125–34 Lowry, E., 29 Moon of Israel (Haggard, 1918), 247 Lucas, Hardin, 189 Moses, biblical character, 9, 18, 25–7, Lumières, French production company, 41 47–60, 70–94, 108–16, 125–34, 234–7, Lutte pour la vie (Pathé, 1907), 135 276–90 Moses in the Bullrushes (British Gaumont, 1903), 41 Maccabaeus, Judas, biblical character, 158 Mounet-Sully, Jean, 96–8 MacPherson, Jeanie, 227, 228, 229, 233, 237, 238, MPW, xii, 23, 63, 67, 71, 72, 73, 75, 90, 93, 94, 96, 240, 243, 244, 260, 261 98, 105, 117, 123, 125, 132, 134, 136, 139, 140, magic lantern, 9 143, 168, 189, 192, 200, 203, 229, 256, 308, Magnin, Edgar, 262 309, 310 Maisch, I., 261, 304 Muir, L., 16 Maître, Maurice André, director, 154, 274, See also Mulvey, Laura, 235, 308 La Vie et Passion de Notre Seigneur Jésus Musser, Charles, 5, 6, 12, 64 Christ (Pathé, 1913) Majestic, American production company, 169 Napierkowska, Stacia, dancer/actor, 102 Male and Female (Paramount, 1919), 227 Neale, S., 160, 205, 305 Maltby, Richard, 263 Nebuchadnezzar, biblical character, 106 Maria von Magdala (Heyse, 1903), 261 Niver, Kemp, 17, 21, 29, 35, 37, 38, 305, 310 Mark, biblical character, 266–7, 271 Noah, biblical character, 18, 24, 276–90 Martha, sister of Lazarus, biblical character, 124 Noah’s Ark (Warner, 1928), 3, 276–90 Mary, Magadalene, biblical character, 261–2 non-biblical characters, 67, 147–8, 164–6, Mary Magdalene (Kennedy Features, 1914), 261 176–90, 191, 199, 201–5, 249–51, Mary, mother of Jesus, biblical character, 154, 172 277–8 Mary, sister of Lazarus, biblical character, 124 Nonguet, Lucien, 102 Maspero, Gaston, egyptologist, 121 NYC, 61 Mayer, D., 162, 163, 305 NYDM, xii, 29, 71, 117, 118, 169, 178 McDannell, Colleen, 239 McMahan, Alison, 41, 98 O’Dell, Paul, 191 Méliès, Georges, director, 33, 136 objections of Jewish authorities, 262–3 melodrama, 132, 291 Olcott, Sidney, director, 2 as theorized by Singer, 126–7 Osarphis (Nadal, 1728), 119 child threatened, 79, 112, 113, 125–34, 143, 164 domestic, 77, 111, 112, 136–41, 152 Pantazzi, M., 230 emotion, 133, 139 parallel plotlines, 168 fraternal tension, 137, 143, 150 parallelism, narrative, 190–6 in French cinema (1900–10), 134–5 eschewed in The King of Kings (1927), 260 maternal rivalry, 143 I.N.R.I. (Neumann, 1923), 225–6 moral polarization, 149 Intolerance (Triangle, 1916), 195 romantic, 88, 147, 151, 183, 202, 207, 228, 248, Noah’s Ark (Warner, 1928), 276 255, 261, 280, 284–5 Samson und Dalila (Korda, 1922), 213, 217 suspense, 130 Sodom und Gomorrha (Sascha, 1922), 218 Merab, biblical character, 206 The Ten Commandments (Paramount, 1923), Mersereau, Violet, 207 244–5 Metz, Christian, 236, 305 Paramount, American production company, viii, Michal, biblical character, 66–8, 142, 205–7 256, 257, 258, 299 Michelakis, Pantelis, 2, 3 Partee, J., 243 Milano, Italian production company, 123 Pasler, Judith, 100

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Passion plays, 9 Salt, Barry, 69, 75 Höritz, 17 Samson, biblical character, 43, 212–17, Oberammergau, 9, 14, 15, 23 280–1, 288 Pathé-Frères, French production company, 3, 7, Samson (Pathé, 1908), 65–6, 213 10, 41, 61–3, 123, 261, 291 Samson et Dalila (Pathé, 1902), 43, 283 Pauvre Mère (Pathé, 1906), 134 Samson und Dalila (Korda, 1922), 212–17 Pearson, Roberta, 4, 64, 90, 121 Samuel, biblical character, 1 Perret, Léonce, actor/director, 103 San Francisco Bulletin, 195 Peter, biblical character, 13, 18, 267, 271 San Francisco Chronicle, 196 Peters, Madison, clergy, 89–92 Sascha Film, Austrian production company, Petrie, G., 190 viii, 211, 212, 220, 221, 225, 246, 251, Pharaoh, biblical character, 75, 76, 108–16, 128 299 Pharaoh, daughter of, biblical character, 76, 132 Satana (Ambrosio, 1912), 154 Pharaoh, son of, biblical character, 113–16, 231 Saul, biblical character, 67, 106, 143, 206 Pharisees, biblical characters, 171, 173, 266 Saul and David (Vitagraph, 1909), 125 Philadelphia Inquirer, 21, 23, 309 Schatzberg, W., 225, 226, 270, 304 Philadelphia Public Ledger, 17, 21, 28, 309 Schickel, Richard, 169, 188, 306 Philadelphia Record, 17, 19, 20, 309 Schildkraut, Joseph, 263 Photoplay, 189, 190, 195, 203, 207, 209, 229, 243, Schildkraut, Rudolph, 263 286, 308 Schnoor von Carolsfeld, Julius, 26, 38, 45–50, 55, Pickford, Mary, 236 108 Pictures and Picturegoer, 228, 300 Sheba, queen of, biblical character, 144–8 Pilate, biblical character, 13, 18, 263 Shem, biblical character, 279 Pippa Passes (Biograph, 1909), 191 Shepherd, David, 45, 85, 98, 121, 165 Pitts, Michael R., 3, 7 Simon of Cyrene, biblical character, 174, 266 Potiphar, wife of, biblical character, 150 Singer, Ben, 126, 142 Poussin, Nicholas, 25, 108 Sisera, biblical character, 141–2 Prométhée (Gaumont, 1908), 99 Slide, Anthony, 64 Sodom und Gomorrha (Sascha, 1922), viii, 217, Queen of Sheba, biblical character, 201–5 218–24, 229, 234, 238, 239, 244, 246, 251, Querelle Enfantine (Lumière, 1896), 40 252, 254, 256, 269, 276, 277, 278, 279, 284, Quo Vadis (Cines, 1913), 159–60 287, 308 Quo Vadis (Pathé, 1901), 41 Solomon, biblical character, 68–9, 144–8, 201–5 Solomon, Jon, 3 Racine, Jean, 9, 118 spectacle, viii Ramsaye, Terry, 196, 305 angels, 48, 55, 111, 138, 157, 272 Raven, M. J., 120 animals, 172, 177, 183, 214, 268, 284 Rébecca (Pathé, 1913), 148, 153, 298 as theorized by Babington and Evans, 4–6 Redi, Ricardo, 42 battle, 141, 161, 165, 179, 213, 269 Reinhartz, Adele, 1, 2, 171, 173, 265, 289, 305, 309 chariot, viii, 75, 109, 179, 183, 203, 204, 205, Rembrandt, 100 261, 268 Repas de bébé (Lumière, 1895), 40 race, 205, 231 Retour de l’enfant prodigue (Gaumont, 1908), 99 colour, 117, 229, 268, 273 Richardson, W. H., 189 costume, 101, 202, 252 Robert, Valentine, 43, 45 crowds, 158, 174, 176, 225, 257, 267, 279 Roberts, I., 225 dancing, 56, 103, 162, 182, 215, 218, 231, 234, 283 Robertson, J. C., 258 emotion, 69, 70, 76, 82, 133, 138, 139 Roman soldiers, biblical characters, 174 feasting, 56, 101, 103, 104, 112, 160, 161, Romeo and Juliet (Fox, 1916), 197 213, 279 healing, 271, 285 SCAGL, 65, 95, 123 idolatry, 232–4, 252, 279 Sadoul, George, 11, 41 infant, 39, 40, 47, 78, 130, 164 Salomé, biblical character, 56, 198–200 lighting, 271–3 Salomé (Fox, 1918), 198–200 lightning, 281, 283 Salomé (Pathé/SCAGL, 1908), 102, 199 location. See location shooting

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miraculous, 43, 50, 103, 214, 244, 269–70, The Life of Moses (Vitagraph, 1909–10), 4, 45, 271–4, 283–5 70–94, 108–14, 125–34 music, 144 The Man Nobody Knows – A Discovery of the Real pastiche of, 286–7, 288 Jesus (Barton, 1925), 275 procession, 51, 68, 76, 103, 104, 144, 213, 231, The Modern Prodigal (Biograph, 1908), 192 234, 252, 279 The New York Clipper, 61 sensuality, 38 The Passion Play (Lubin Films, 1898), 34, female, 38, 44, 104, 162, 181, 200, 202, 214, 43, 62 234–6, 252, 262, 268, 283 The Passion Play of Oberammergau (Eaves and male, 214, 279, 283 Hollaman, 1898), 28–9 set design, 43, 159, 161, 178, 203, The Prince and the Pauper (Sascha, 1920), 212 228, 252 The Providence News, 204, 205 violence, 44, 75, 78, 103, 125, 127, 130, 137, 160, The Queen of Sheba (Fox, 1921), 201–5 162, 230, 279, 280–1 The Road to Yesterday (DeMille, 1925), death, 52, 103, 112, 113, 147, 216, 239 259, 277 destruction, 44, 57, 160, 166, 216, The Shepherd King (Fox, 1923), 205–11 239, 252 The Shepherd King (Lorimer and Reeves, 1903), divine judgement, 277, 283–5, 287 67–8, 205–7 human sacrifice, 280, 283 The Star of Bethlehem (Thanhouser, 1912), 64 pyrotechnics, 239 The Ten Commandments (Paramount, 1923), Štábla, Zdeněk, 34 3, 4, 227–46, 260, 269, 274, Steiner, Ines, 218, 248, 250, 253, 308, 310 276–90 Stempel, T., 163, 306 The Volga Boatman (DeMille, 1926), 259 Stephen, biblical character, 142 Tintoretto, 24 Stern, Richard, 2 Tissot, J. J., 21, 24, 38, 121, 144, 145, 154, 172, Stokes, M., 160, 161, 306 174, 309 Strauven, Wanda, 5 tragedy, 9, 113, 117, 118, 158, 291 Sue, Eugène, author, 106 tricks, 33 Summers, Rollin, 96 cinematic, 33, 47, 50, 70, 111, 138, 232, 242, 254, Susanna, biblical character, 106 269–70, 271, 273, 276–90 Swanson, Gloria, 236 theatrical, 34, 47, 54, 269–70 Sweet, Blanche, 160 Tutankhamun, discovery of tomb, 209, 227 typology, 23–5, 52, 53 tableaux vivant, 17, 42 Tatum, Barnes, 2, 170, 171, 174, 176, 271, 274, 289, Ulmer, Rivka, 25 294, 306 Uricchio, William, 4, 64, 90, 121 Terrible Angoisse (Pathé, 1906), 134 The Battle at Elderbush Gulch (Biograph, 1913), Van der Stichele, Caroline, 2 160 Var, xii, 91, 117, 229 The Birth of a Nation (Griffith, 1915), 169 Vardac, Nicholas, 126, 190 The Covered Wagon (Famous Players-Lasky, VB, xii, 71, 121 1922), 229 Vitagraph, American production company, vi, vii, The Daily Times, 207 xii, 4, 10, 63–5, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, The Daughter of Jephthah: A Biblical Tragedy 73, 74, 75, 84, 85, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 94, (Vitagraph, 1909), 69–70 95, 98, 105, 106, 109, 121, 123, 139, 140, The Death of Pharaoh’s Firstborn (Alma-Tadema), 166, 199, 201, 206, 291, 296, 297, 303, 120–2 306, 309 The Good Samaritan (British Gaumont, ‘Quality films’, 4, 64, 70 1903), 38 The Green Pastures (Warner, 1936), 293 Warner Brothers, American production The Jazz Singer (Warner, 1927), 258 company, 258, 259, 276 The Judgment of Solomon (Vitagraph, 1909), Warwick Trading Company, British production 68–9 company, 35 The King of Kings (Pathé Exchange, 1927), Washington Post, 257, 303 260–75, 288 well, 164, 165

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Why Change your Wife? (Paramount, 1919), 227 Zanuck, Daryl, 276, 277, 288 Wimmer, F., 47 Zecca, Ferdinand, director, 63, 106, 154, 291 Woods, Frank, 163 Ziegler, C., 230 Woolcott, A., 195, 310 Zukor, Adolph, 228, 229, 243, 256, 257, 259, 300 Wyke, Maria, 2, 3 Zwick, Reinhold, 2, 226, 306, 310