In his speech at the Directors’ Guild meeting where he tried to force all members to sign a loyalty oath, during the Cold War, his remarks were interpreted by many people present to have an antisemitic tone.
I might want to look at a link to this, in order to judge.
Especially considering that the man was half-Jewish himself.
So, cite?
Just a quick find.
As to the Legion of Decency or any other Catholic league being against the 10 Commandments … I am going to call BS unless we can get a decent cite. link
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DeMille made a rush trip to Europe and had the pleasure of being received in audience by Pope Pius XII.*
In fact, this was his second Papal audience as he was to meet the (WWI Pope) Benedict in 1922 but it didn’t work out.
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In Rome, [Cecil B.] DeMille and [Paul] Iribe were invited to see Pope Benedict XV at a private audience. When they arrived at the Vatican they were coldly received and virtually asked to leave. They looked at each other in astonishment: they had dressed precisely according to the dictates of protocol, and were scrupulously punctual. But they had overlooked one detail: the Pope had died that day.*
Not to highjack this too far but: DeMille’s Mom was Jewish and converted to marry his Dad - wouldn’t he more properly be called a self hating Jew? Can he really be “anti-semitic”? and it is worth pointing out that Kazan had a dog in the Loyalty Oath fight obviously …