“Cleopatra” is a sumptuous spectacle and a smorgasbord of schlock. In this 1934 film, director Cecil B. DeMille relates the oft-told tale of the last ruler of Egypt. She seduces the formidable Julius ...

I happened to watch Cecil B. DeMille’s Cleopatra (1934) for the first time today, and I was surprised when, a little more than an hour into the movie, Herod the Great showed up. He says that he has ...

The Motion Picture Archive Film Series, part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections, will show the 1934 drama “Cleopatra” directed by Cecil B. DeMille Friday, Feb. 8, in the Harold B. Lee Library ...

Cleopatra was the Queen of Egypt in the 1st Century BC, whose influence and stories would go on to inspire many creative works that tell stories about or craft stories around her. Cleopatra has ...