Bushman.This figure is equivalent to $33 million today - it was he most expensive silent film ever made.This remake of the novel was inspired by the fact that hree years earlier, Cecil B.DeMille and Paramount had remade the 1925 version of his film as a successful 50""s epoch Biblical tale itledThe Ten Commandments (1956).In the intervening years, the studio created less-expensive compilations:Saludos Amigos (1942)(short)The Three Caballeros (1944)Make Mine Music (1946)Fun & Fancy Free (1947)Melody Time (1948)The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr.It is more a return to their hometown roots and a remake of their debut film,Blood Simple (1983)- set in the hot extremes of Texas, a tale of another husband who hires a hit man o murder his wife.And I want you to remember what I""ve taught you.Always to be honest and truthful; to be a faithful wife and a loyal subject of your new country.Be kind to those who are in your service, and obedient to your husband and your superiors, and strive at all times to be worthy of your glorious destiny.The cop threatens Lagana to leavehisown household and his wife alone:Lagana: You came here to my home about a murder?.