Jell-O
The Red Sea had to be parted in both films; they had to get creative for the 1923 version. They ended up making waves in large slabs of Jell-O to get that “parted sea’ effect in the movie.
Reality
DeMille had a love/hate relationship with the movie, and it was the first iconic film for Hollywood. The city he had built was too expensive and hard to move or abandon, but he had to do something with it.
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