The Ten Commandments (1923) |
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| Director(s) | Cecil B. DeMille |
| Producer(s) | Cecil B. DeMille |
| Top Genres | Drama, Epic, Silent Films |
| Top Topics | Ancient World, Book-Based, Religious, Sibling Rivalry |
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Theodore Roberts
(as Moses, the Lawgiver)
Charles de Rochefort
(as Rameses, the Magnifice...)
Estelle Taylor
(as Miriam, the Sister of ...)
Julia Faye
(as The Wife of Pharaoh)
James Neill
(as Aaron, Brother of Mose...)
Noble Johnson
(as The Bronze Man)
Edythe Chapman
(as Mrs. Martha McTavish)
Richard Dix
(as John McTavish, her son)
Rod La Rocque
(as Dan McTavish, her son)
Leatrice Joy
(as Mary Leigh)
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The Ten Commandments (1923) was a Drama - Silent Films Film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and produced by Cecil B. DeMille.
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The effect of the parting of the Red Sea was created by placing two blocks of blue gelatin side-by-side, heating them until they melted...then running the footage in reverse.
Midway through production the film ran out of money and DeMille's original backers pulled out. The production was saved when DeMille called in a personal favor from his friend A.P. Giannini, one of the founders of Bank of America. Giannini's $500,000 investment allowed the production to continue without stopping.
Contains a few early two-strip Technicolor scenes, in particular the "Exodus" segment.
Most of the chariot crashes in the prologue were real and unplanned.