Quo Vadis (1951)

Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Director of photography: William V. Skall Robert Surtees
Art Direction: Edward C. Carfagno Cedric Gibbons William A. Horning
Special Effects: A. Arnold Gillespie/ Tom Howard / Donald Jahraus
Matte artist : Peter Ellenshaw

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Two before and after images of Ellenshaw paintings.

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The Rome fire was filmed using Don Jahraus miniatures under supervision of Gillespie.

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