Anne Baxter Left Little to the Imagination

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00:00Although Anne Baxter wasn't satisfied with her performance in The Ten Commandments for

00:04a variety of reasons, the film was a huge hit, and her role in it arguably stands as

00:08her most iconic.

00:09Anne felt that Cecil B. DeMille's campier directing style wasn't the best showcase

00:14for her dramatic talents, despite her esteem for the famous filmmaker.

00:18Regardless of that, audiences ate it up.

00:20A big part of her appeal in the film was that she could often be seen wearing some fairly

00:24revealing outfits, especially given the standards of the time.

00:27According to Anne, she had to wear skin-colored underwear underneath her more revealing costumes

00:32so that she didn't accidentally reveal more to the cameras than intended.

00:35Even still, gutter-minded film historians still argue today whether or not the actress'

00:40actual nipples are visible in certain scenes of the film.

00:43After decades in the entertainment industry, The Ten Commandments solidified Anne Baxter's

00:48status as a preeminent Golden Age starlet.