{"id":53378,"date":"2020-11-16T18:33:19","date_gmt":"2020-11-17T01:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=53378"},"modified":"2023-09-09T16:20:57","modified_gmt":"2023-09-09T23:20:57","slug":"silver-chalice-the-1954","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=53378","title":{"rendered":"Silver Chalice, The (1954)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;A good miracle is only a good trick &#8212; unless it is made part of a new religion.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Poster-191x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"191\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-53379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Poster-191x300.png 191w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Poster-653x1024.png 653w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Poster-82x128.png 82w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Poster-172x270.png 172w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Poster.png 715w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 191px) 100vw, 191px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA Greek artist (Paul Newman) sold into slavery as a young boy by his adopted uncle (Herbert Rudley) has an ongoing affair with the wife (Virginia Mayo) of a magician (Jack Palance), but grows fond of a young Christian (Pier Angeli) whose grandfather has commissioned him to craft a silver chalice to contain the Holy Grail. Will Newman eventually &#8220;see the light&#8221; of Christianity &#8212; and will Palance effectively convince Emperor Nero (Jacques Aubuchon) that he can fly?\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ancient Greece and Rome<\/li>\n<li>Biblical Stories<\/li>\n<li>Christianity<\/li>\n<li>E.G. Marshall Films<\/li>\n<li>Jack Palance Films<\/li>\n<li>Natalie Wood Films<\/li>\n<li>Paul Newman Films<\/li>\n<li>Pier Angeli Films<\/li>\n<li>Virginia Mayo Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThis notoriously lambasted Biblical epic was considered such a disgrace by emergent star Paul Newman that he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0047494\/trivia?item=tr0612627\">purportedly took out ads in Hollywood trade papers proclaiming it the &#8220;worst film made in the 1950s&#8221;, and enjoining audiences not to watch it<\/a>. It&#8217;s not really all that bad &#8212; though it&#8217;s easy to see why Newman might want to disown it, especially given that the show really belongs to Jack Palance in a memorably villainous role as a magician who gradually goes mad.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Palance.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Palance-1024x516.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"323\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-53408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Palance-1024x516.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Palance-300x151.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Palance-128x65.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Palance-768x387.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Palance-1536x774.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Palance-536x270.png 536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Palance.png 1787w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mayo has received flak for being decked out with outrageously gaudy eye make-up:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Mayo-Makeup.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Mayo-Makeup-1024x503.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"314\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-53394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Mayo-Makeup-1024x503.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Mayo-Makeup-300x147.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Mayo-Makeup-128x63.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Mayo-Makeup-768x377.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Mayo-Makeup-1536x754.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Mayo-Makeup-550x270.png 550w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Mayo-Makeup.png 1811w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>and the artistically minimalist sets are criticized as&#8230; not realistic enough. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Sets7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Sets7-1024x500.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"313\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-53410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Sets7-1024x500.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Sets7-300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Sets7-128x62.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Sets7-768x375.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Sets7-1536x750.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Sets7-553x270.png 553w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Sets7.png 1801w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Crosses.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Crosses-1024x486.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"304\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-53411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Crosses-1024x486.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Crosses-300x142.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Crosses-128x61.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Crosses-768x364.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Crosses-1536x728.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Crosses-569x270.png 569w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Crosses.png 1803w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But once one accepts the stylized world on display here, it&#8217;s possible to get caught up in the melodrama, which involves Newman eventually meeting the Apostle Peter (Lorne Greene) to add his visage to the chalice. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Green.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Green-1024x484.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"303\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-53412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Green-1024x484.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Green-300x142.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Green-128x60.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Green-768x363.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Green-1536x726.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Green-572x270.png 572w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Green.png 1827w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Angeli is lovely as an innocent young Christian who falls for Newman:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Angeli3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Angeli3-1024x485.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"303\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-53416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Angeli3-1024x485.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Angeli3-300x142.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Angeli3-128x61.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Angeli3-768x364.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Angeli3-1536x728.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Angeli3-570x270.png 570w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Angeli3.png 1805w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>and the scenes set in Nero&#8217;s Rome are appropriately surreal &#8212; particularly the one in which Nero and his wife are offered platter after platter of gold-plated delicacies with outrageous combinations of edibles. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Food.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Food-1024x574.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-53387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Food-1024x574.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Food-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Food-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Food-768x430.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Food-1536x861.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Food-2048x1148.png 2048w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Food-482x270.png 482w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When Nero (Aubuchon) reminds his wife, &#8220;We must not let our people go home in a grumbly mood&#8230; We must give them something to watch.&#8221;, one can&#8217;t help thinking how little has changed in 2000 years vis-a-vis the public&#8217;s desire for outrageous spectacles. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Crowd.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Crowd-1024x500.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"313\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-53413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Crowd-1024x500.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Crowd-300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Crowd-128x62.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Crowd-768x375.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Crowd-1536x749.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Crowd-553x270.png 553w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Crowd.png 1785w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> Watch for blonde (!) Natalie Wood playing Mayo&#8217;s younger self. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Wood.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Wood-1024x485.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"303\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-53404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Wood-1024x485.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Wood-300x142.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Wood-128x61.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Wood-768x364.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Wood-1536x727.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Wood-570x270.png 570w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Wood.png 1801w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jack Palance as Simon the Magician<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Reflection.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Reflection-1024x518.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"324\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-53383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Reflection-1024x518.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Reflection-300x152.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Reflection-128x65.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Reflection-768x389.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Reflection-1536x777.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Reflection-534x270.png 534w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Reflection.png 1773w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Pier Angeli as Helena<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Angeli2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Angeli2-1024x513.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"321\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-53384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Angeli2-1024x513.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Angeli2-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Angeli2-128x64.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Angeli2-768x385.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Angeli2-1536x770.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Angeli2-538x270.png 538w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Angeli2.png 1773w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Colorful cinematography and sets<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Sets2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Sets2-1024x499.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"312\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-53385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Sets2-1024x499.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Sets2-300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Sets2-128x62.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Sets2-768x374.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Sets2-1536x749.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Sets2-554x270.png 554w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Sets2.png 1775w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Set6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Set6-1024x557.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"348\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-53386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Set6-1024x557.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Set6-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Set6-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Set6-768x418.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Set6-1536x835.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Set6-497x270.png 497w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silver-Chalice-Set6.png 1775w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though it&#8217;s worth a look if you&#8217;re curious. Listed as a Camp Classic in the back of Peary&#8217;s book (which makes sense). <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0047494\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/90171\/the-silver-chalice#articles-reviews?articleId=309212\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=3805&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/movies\/the-silver-chalice\/review\/117773\/\">TV Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s4221chal.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/reviews\/36575\/silver-chalice-the\/\">DVD Talk Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;A good miracle is only a good trick &#8212; unless it is made part of a new religion.&#8221; Synopsis: A Greek artist (Paul Newman) sold into slavery as a young boy by his adopted uncle (Herbert Rudley) has an ongoing affair with the wife (Virginia Mayo) of a magician (Jack Palance), but grows fond of a young Christian (Pier Angeli) whose grandfather has commissioned him to craft a silver chalice to contain the Holy Grail. 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