The first Caligula flipped out

That interview with Robinson is on my non-blu ray documentary, as well. They were two months into shooting when Robinson had to audition a scene with Jean Simmons. It was his first audition and, when it was over, there was applause on the set. Robinson says that he believed all were being polite and that this was customary after an actor auditioned. Simmons told him how extraordinary it was and it was then that he realized he may have landed the role.

Demetrius and The Gladiators began to shoot three weeks after The Robe wrapped and the very opening scene to The Robe was actually lifted from its sequel - though I believe mention of this is made here, in the trivia section.

The devil turns away from a closed door.

In February 1952 Gladys’ son John was arrested by police in Manhattan after violent conduct emanating from his mental illness. Gladys found it difficult to accept that it was a long-term illness that John had, expecting him to make some kind of recovery. But John was put into the Bellevue Hospital for the Criminally Insane in New York only to be later released following his agreement to leave the United States for good, which he did in 1952. John was then kept in a clinic in England where he spent his latter years, but he refused to see either Gladys or his father Buck, blaming them for his breakdowns.