John Dalmas ([log in to unmask]) wrote: >Steve Schwartz wrote: > >>Fans may remember it fondly as the source of a beloved howler: John Wayne >>as a Roman centurion grunting, as only he could, the line "Truly, this >>was the Son of God." > >Why is that a howler, Steve? It is taken verbatim from the New Testament ... Actually the way I read it, Wayne delivered the line, the director (George Stevens?) yelled "cut!" and then asked "Duke, could we have that line with a little more awe?" JW: "Sure" GS: "Action" JW: "Awwwww - truly this was the Son of God!" deryk barker ([log in to unmask], http://www.camosun.bc.ca/~dbarker)