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Best Actor International | 1953 | Gregory
Best Costume Design Color | 1952
Best Writing Story and Screenplay | 1952
Best Cinematography Color | 1952
Best Art DirectionSet Decoration Color | 1952
Best Music Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture | 1952
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | 1952
Budget 2,170,000 USD
Gregory Peck was a heavy drinker as a young actor in Hollywood. In 1949 he was hospitalized with heart spasms, and while filming David and Bathsheba (1951) he was hospitalized with a suspected heart attack. Though it turned out to be a palpitation brought on by his lifestyle and overwork, he began to drink less thereafter. However, he did not stop smoking for many more years.
President Lyndon B. Johnson's famous campaign ad, depicting a little girl plucking daisy petals whose count segues into a man's voice counting down to the detonation of an atomic bomb - implying that electing Barry Goldwater president would lead to nuclear Armageddon - aired for the first and only time during the September 7, 1964 telecast of this film on NBC.
The full scale replica of the Ark of the Covenant used in the film was constructed of oiled acacia wood. This prop would be purchased many years later at a 20th Century Fox studio auction by Susan Hayward.
Gregory Peck was chosen by producer Darryl F. Zanuck for this epic film because Zanuck thought Peck had a "biblical face".
This would be the final film for George Zucco. During what was supposed to be his next film, The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951), he suffered a stroke on the set. He would peacefully spend the remainder of his life in an assisted living facility until 1960.
"King David: That soldier who laid his hands on the Ark - he was only trying to be helpful. Nathan: It is not for us to question the ways of the Lord. King David: I question nothing, yet the sun was hot that day, the man had been drinking wine, all were excited when the ark began to fall. Is it not possible that the man might have died naturally from other causes? Nathan: All causes are from God!"
"Joab: Sire? King David: Hmmm? Joab: You're wounded. Let me call for a physician. King David: No, no, let it alone. It's a long time since I've shed any blood. It's good to have proof that it still runs in my veins."
