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Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria University, Wellington N.Z. Vol. 22, No. 3. April 13, 1959
[Introduction]
A few thousand years ago a group of unfortunates were dragged together and forced to place rock on rock to aggrandise the Pharoahdom of Egypt.
A couple of years ago another group were brought together to place papier mache on papier mache to aggrandise Hollywood. The latter result was not nearly so impressive.
For three hours 39 minutes, Cecil B. de Mille attacks eyes and ears in a recreation of everything but creation, in his swan aria—'The Ten Commandments."
As a spectacle Cecil really lays it on as only he can. As a faithful reproduction of the biblical story it doesn't even moisten the bread.
This in itself wouldn't have mattered. Someone, however, went to a great deal of trouble at the outset to show how much research had gone into the film to establish its authenticity.