TEN COMMANDMENTS 1923/1956

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• Release Year: 1956
• Genre: Adventure, Drama
• Plot: With its cast of thousands and imaginative use of early special effects, director Cecil B. DeMille's original silent 1923 version of The Ten Commandments is truly one of the greatest epics to come out of 1920s Hollywood. Its unique storyline moves back and forth in time to show the relevance of its Old Testament morality to contemporary (cira 1923) immorality. Complementing DeMille's powerful screen drama is Gaylord Carter's digitally recorded score, performed on a magnificent Wurlitzer organ.; Over 30 years later, DeMille - now at the pinnacle of his profession via such hits as Samson and Delilah (1949) and The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) - topped the pageantry and excitement of his original silent film with his sweeping 1956 retelling of The Ten Commandments. Filmed in Egypt and the Sinai, and featuring one of the biggest sets ever constructed for a motion picture, this star-studded, Technicolor extravaganza tells the story of the life of Moses (Charlton Heston), who turned his back on a privileged life to lead his people to freedom. This classic screen epic was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture of 1956.
• Cast: Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, Edward G. Robinson, Yvonne De Carlo, Debra Paget, John Derek, Cedric Hardwicke, Nina Foch, Martha Scott, Judith Anderson, Vincent Price, John Carradine, Douglass Dumbrille, Frank DeKova, Henry Wilcoxon, Eduard Franz, Donald Curtis, Lawrence Dobkin, H.B. Warner, Julia Faye, Lisa Mitchell, Noelle Williams, Joanna Merlin, Pat Richard, Joyce Vanderveen, Diane Hall, Abbas El Boughdadly, Fraser Clarke Heston, John Miljan, Francis McDonald, Ian Keith, Paul De Rolf, Woody Strode, Tommy Duran, Eugene Mazzola, Ramsay Hill, Joan Woodbury, Esther Brown, Rushdy Abaza, Dorothy Adams, Eric Alden, E.J. André, Babette Bain, Baynes Barron, Kay Bell, Mary Benoit, Henry Brandon, Robert Carson, Bobby Clark, Rus Conklin, Mike Connors, Henry Corden, Edna Mae Cooper, Kem Dibbs, Maude Fealy, Mimi Gibson, Diane Gump, Nancy Hale, June Jocelyn, Richard Kean, Gail Kobe, Fred Kohler Jr., Kenneth MacDonald, Peter Mamakos, Irene Martin, George Melford, John Merton, Amena Mohamed, Paula Morgan, Dorothy Neumann, John Parrish, Rodd Redwing, Addison Richards, Keith Richards, Marcoreta Starr, Onslow Stevens, Clint Walker, Amanda Webb, Frank Wilcox, Jeane Wood, Richard McGough, Abdullah Abbas, Gorgen Raymond Aghayan, Ahmed Salah Sayed Ahmed, Luis Alberni, Lillian Albertson, Ted Allan, Herb Alpert, Claire Andre, Dorothy Andre, Michael Ansara, Bart Antinora, Alan Aric, Joel Ashley, Maria Elena Aza, William Bagdad, Vicki Bakken, Peter Baldwin, Cecil B. DeMille, Dorothy Clarke Wilson, J.H. Ingraham
• Director: Cecil B. DeMille
• Runtime: 3:40
• Company: Cecil B. DeMille's Production, Paramount Pictures
• Media Format: Movie