Melo

Thanks, cinestage, for the QV info. I agree with you re. Peter Ustinov's Nero and Miklos Rozsa's great score. I'm eagerly anticipating dthe 2007 release. --Melo

Forgot to say: If any of you would like to see "Quo Vadis" issued on DVD, please click on the link that counts votes in favor. Thanks.

Actually "Quo Vadis" in pre-dates "The Sign of the Cross." QV is based on the classic novel by Henryck Sienkiewicz, first published in English (translated from the original Polish) in 1897. The first film version of "Quo Vadis" was the Italian silent film from 1912, considered the first epic film. So, if anything DeMille's "The Sign of The Cross" was a copy of "Quo Vadis." Sign's Nero, Charles Laughton, was first approached to repeat his role when MGM started planning to film QV in the 1940s, but the role eventually went to Ustinov.

Does anyone know if/when Warner Bro's. video plans to release "Quo Vadis?" on DVD? I don't know why not, since it was MGM's second biggest grosser (until Ben-Hur) after GWTW. It was my first biblical/sandal/sword epic and, maybe because of that, still my favorite of that genre. Peter Ustinov's Nero is wonderful. I'd like to suggest it for transfer to DVD, but don't know how to access that stream. --Melo