![]() ![]() I recently came across the TV Guide item hyping that original screening, prompting this post: Its annual advent was like that of The Wizard of Oz and all the Christmas specials, a highly anticipated holiday experience, and as we wrote here and here, it became one of my favorite movies. I was a very religious kid, from a traditional family, and my parents had been fans of the film upon its initial release, so I watched that first screening, and every subsequent one, every year for at least a decade. ![]() ![]() That initial showing on ABC was a huge television event. DeMille’s 1956 Biblical epic The Ten Commandments. Since 1973, the arrival of Passover/ Good Friday/ Easter has meant an annual television screening of Cecil B.
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