Monday, February 26, 2024

Musings!


Bathing beauties in THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (1956) 

It's not a PEPLUM movie without a Bathing Beauty scene and this one is a Bathing Beauty scene on steroids. It's not just one lovely lady but a bunch of them. This is the scene right before baby Moses is found drifting on the Nile. I like this movie and have watched it many times but the one thing I dislike about it is the studio-bound sets. This looks like inside a studio. There's just no ways about it. Looking at it, it's difficult to figure out what time of the day it's taking place. Imagine if it had been shot outside. Oh well...

7 comments:

  1. Is By The Gods! magazine Jan/Feb Issue 2 expected to be coming out?
    In contrast with the regular updates on the first issue, I haven't seen anything about this one apart from the front cover since mid Jan.

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  2. I absolutely love this shot. Whereas you don't like the artificial nature of the set, that is what draws me to this. I love the look of this. Thank you for posting.

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  3. The studio sets were typical of DeMille. Surprisingly he did do a lot of location filming in Egypt for this movie as well.

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  4. I didn't write that I didn't like the shot. The set up is nice. It's just the lighting and sky makes the time of day so confusing. Is it morning, afternoon, dusk...

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  5. It's that magical time without direct sunlight in which the lovely ladies can maintain their beautiful complexion.

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