Introduction / by Martin Scorsese -- Foreword / by Brett Ratner -- "My grandfather" / by Cecilia de Mille Presley -- Introduction -- Hollywood pioneer. The squaw man ; Learning his craft ; Social dramas ; The silent diva ; America's sweetheart -- An artist matured. A new era ; Gloria Swanson ; Into the past -- The religious epic. The ten commandments (1923) ; Secular epics ; The King of Kings ; The godless girl -- Talkies at M-G-M. Dynamite ; Madam Satan and the squaw man -- The best show in town. The sign of the cross ; This day and age, and, Four frightened people ; Cleopatra ; The crusades -- American history. The Plainsman, and, The Buccaneer ; Union Pacific ; North West Mounted Police, and, Reap the wild wind ; The story of Dr. Wassell ; Unconquered -- Blaze of glory. Samson and Delilah ; The greatest show on earth ; The ten commandments -- Epilogue.