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Vintage Hollywood: Cleopatra

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Starring Claudette Colbert, Warren William, Henry Wilcoxon
with Joseph Schildkraut

Cecil B. DeMille, Hollywood's legendary master of spectacle, cast Claudette Colbert as Queen of the Nile in this 1934 production. It is one of the liveliest versions of the story of Cleopatra's conquests of Julius Caesar and Marc Antony, complete with a cast of thousands, lavish settings and a spectacular reconstruction of the naval battle of Actium.
(Feature and This Week's Films: p 9)

Contributors

Director:
Cecil B. DeMille
Cleopatra:
Claudette Colbert
Julius Caesar:
Warren William
Marc Antony:
Henry Wilcoxon
Herod:
Joseph Schildkraut
Octavian:
Ian Keith
Calpurnia:
Gertrude Michael
Enobarbus:
C. Aubrey Smith
Apollodorus:
Irving Pichel
Brutus:
Arthur Hohl
Casca:
Edwin Maxwell
Cassius:
Ian MacLaren
Source: Radio Times

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