Noah's Ark

A true "spectacular" in every sense of the word, NOAH'S ARK cost more than $1.5 million to produce and had several interesting sidelights about it. Based on a story by Darryl F. Zanuck, it's two films in one, as we see the story of the Hebrew Patriarch told side by side with modern times. Note the credits list and you'll see that two cameramen were used. The reason for this is that Mohr knew that Grot's sets, when destroyed in the huge water sequence, would be dangerous to the extras. Grot refused to change his designs and Mohr quit. The result was that scenes were not faked and several of the extras drowned! Costello developed pneumonia from having been in the wat...