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Spartacus<br />
historical figure 97, 98–9, 100<br />
Spartacus 90–5, 106, 107, 110,<br />
111–12, 113–14, 116, 117, 230<br />
Spartacus 3, 49, 50, 58, 89–120, 92,<br />
114, 155, 157, 192, 205, 240<br />
cast 89<br />
historical context 95–100<br />
Oscar nominations 115<br />
plot outline 90–5<br />
production 103–14<br />
recent background 100–3<br />
themes and interpretations 114–20<br />
Spartacus (novel) 100, 102<br />
Spartacus (play) 100<br />
Spielberg, Steven 103, 227<br />
spirituality 251–2<br />
sports television 244–5, 247<br />
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom<br />
Menace 77<br />
Stewart, James 46<br />
Stewart, Jon 188<br />
Stone, Oliver 77, 228, 238<br />
Strode, Woody 92, 118<br />
Styne, Jule 166<br />
Suddenly Last Summer 139, 149<br />
Suetonius 12, 13, 41, 42, 53, 130, 136<br />
Suez Crisis 86<br />
Sulla, Lucius Cornelius 96–7<br />
Sullavan, Margaret 71<br />
Sullivan, Ed 140<br />
Sweeney Todd 166<br />
Swiftus Lazarus (History of the World,<br />
Part I) 195, 200, 205<br />
symbolism<br />
Ben-Hur 82–3<br />
Gladiator 253–4<br />
Spartacus 110–11<br />
Syria 43, 66<br />
Tacitus 12, 14–15, 16, 19, 26, 39, 40,<br />
41, 196<br />
Taylor, Elizabeth 75, 124, 139, 140,<br />
142, 148, 149, 150, 153–4, 235<br />
Taylor, Robert 22, 25, 28, 45<br />
Technicolor 1, 20, 47<br />
The Ten Commandments 1, 75, 80<br />
Terence (Publius Terentius Afer) 164<br />
terrorism 177, 190, 192<br />
Thatcher, Torin 51–2<br />
Thelma and Louise 226<br />
Theodotus (Cleopatra) 122, 123<br />
Thesiger, Ernest 53<br />
They Won’t Forget 18–19<br />
Thorne, Ken 168, 171<br />
Those About to Die 228<br />
Thrasyllus 42<br />
Three Smart Girls 46<br />
Thring, Frank 77, 84<br />
Thurinus, Gaius Octavius 131<br />
Tiberius (emperor)<br />
Ben-Hur 63, 81, 85<br />
historical figure 39–40, 41–2<br />
The Robe 37, 49–50, 53, 54, 55<br />
Tigellinus<br />
historical figure (Gaius Ofonius<br />
Tigellinus) 13, 196<br />
Quo Vadis 8, 11, 12, 25–6, 28<br />
Tigranes (Spartacus) 93, 94<br />
Tigris of Gaul (Gladiator) 212, 247<br />
Tirzah (Ben-Hur) 60, 61, 64, 65, 80–1<br />
Titanic 83, 225<br />
Titus (son of Vespasian) 44, 180, 219<br />
toga films 58, 87, 199, 224, 225, 233,<br />
239, 250<br />
Tootsie 166<br />
totalitarianism 28, 29, 118<br />
Toussaint l’Ouverture 101<br />
Trajan (emperor) 213, 214<br />
Troy 238<br />
Truman, Harry S. 56<br />
Truman, Ralph 25<br />
Trumbo, Dalton 103–4, 108, 117<br />
Tunberg, Karl 72<br />
The Twelve Chairs 198<br />
20th Century Fox 222, 223<br />
2001: A Space Odyssey 103<br />
Ulysses 105<br />
underdog sports films 245<br />
United Nations 86, 151–2<br />
urban renewal 30<br />
Ursus (Quo Vadis) 9, 11, 17, 23<br />
Ustinov, Peter 10, 24, 28, 112, 200<br />
Vacation movies 166<br />
Varinia (Spartacus) 90, 93, 94, 95, 109,<br />
110–11, 113–14, 120, 155<br />
Varinius, Publius 98<br />
vaudeville 167, 169, 170<br />
Vergil 136<br />
Verus, Lucius Aurelius 215, 217<br />
Vespasian, Titus Flavius (emperor) 16,<br />
44, 219<br />
INDEX 273