As usual, Cecil B. DeMille’s The Ten Commandments is on just in time for Easter. I love it for all its corniness, and I’ve seen it more times than I can count, but if it’s on – I still get sucked in. My favorite exchange is when Nefertiri (Anne Baxter) tells Ramses to bring back a sword with Moses’ blood on it, and Ramses (Yul Brynner) replies, “to mingle with your own.”
But for anyone who thinks men look effeminate in skirts, I might recommend you check out some of it – at least the beginning, where you get to see Yul Brynner in a skirt.
That’s about as far from effeminate as I can imagine.
And if you really want to get to know Yul, you can see him in all his glory. Yep, I’m a fan, and have been since the first time I saw The King & I.
