Cleopatra and Milk Baths

[john m roberts]

I think that the source of the confusion is that Claudette Colbert played Poppaea in DeMille's Sign of the Cross" (1932) with the famous milk bath scene, then in 1934 she played Cleopatra in DeMille's "Cleopatra." With two ancient costume roles so close together, in similar makeup and costume, the two were easily confused.