The Sign of the Cross (1932 film)

The Sign of the Cross is a 1932 film about a Roman official who falls for a Christian woman.
 * Directed by Cecil B. DeMille. Written by Waldemar Young, based on play by Wilson Barrett.

Screen's Greatest of Heroic Faith and Inspiring spectacle. (taglines)

Nero

 * My head is splitting... the wine last night, the music... the delicious debauchery!

Poppaea

 * Dacia, you're a butterfly with the sting of a wasp. Take off your clothes. Get in here and tell me all about it.

Taglines

 * Screen's Greatest of Heroic Faith and Inspiring spectacle.
 * The passions-loves-hates of ancient Rome!
 * The turbulent intrigues of Nero's Court
 * A picture which will proudly lead all the entertainments the world has ever seen

Cast

 * Fredric March — Marcus Superbus
 * Elissa Landi — Mercia
 * Claudette Colbert — Empress Poppaea
 * Charles Laughton — Emperor Nero
 * Arthur Hohl — Titus