The ten commandments (Film, 1956) [Texas Group Catalog]
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The ten commandments

The ten commandments

Author: Cecil B DeMilleAeneas MacKenzieJesse L LaskyJack GarissFredric M FrankAll authors
Publisher: [United States] : Paramount Pictures, [1956] ©1956
Edition/Format:   Film : Film   Visual material : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:
The biblical story of Moses. He left a life of comfort at the pharaoh's court to lead his people, the Jews, out of slavery and back to their homeland. Along the way, he received the ten commandments.
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Genre/Form: Bible films
Drama
Epic films
Feature films
Fiction films
Religious films
Films religieux
Films bibliques
Films épiques
Films de fiction
Named Person: Moses, (Biblical leader); Moses, (Biblical leader)
Material Type: Film
Document Type: Visual material
All Authors / Contributors: Cecil B DeMille; Aeneas MacKenzie; Jesse L Lasky; Jack Gariss; Fredric M Frank; Charlton Heston; Yul Brynner; Anne Baxter; Edward G Robinson; Yvonne De Carlo; Debra Paget; John Derek; Paramount Pictures Corporation,
OCLC Number: 823940554
Notes: This work was compiled from many sources and contains material from the books: Prince of Egypt by Dorothy Clarke Wilson, Pillar of Fire by Rev. J.H. Ingraham, On Eagle's Wings by Rev. A.E. Southon.
VistaVision.
Wide screen (1.85:1).
Credits: Director of photography, Loyal Griggs; art direction, Hal Pereira, Walter Tyler, Albert Nozaki; set decoration, Sam Comer, Ray Moyer; choreography, Leroy Prinz, Ruth Godfrey; costumes, Edith Head, Ralph Jester, John Jensen, Dorothy Jeakins, Arnold Friberg; editor, Anne Bauchens; music, Elmer Bernstein; associate producer, Henry Wilcoxon.
Cast: Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, Edward G. Robinson, Yvonne De Carlo, Debra Paget, John Derek, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Nina Foch, Martha Scott, Judith Anderson, Vincent Price, John Carradine, Olive Deering, Douglass Dumbrille, Frank DeKova, Henry Wilcoxon, Eduard Franz, Donald Curtis, Lawrence Dobkin, H.B. Warner, Julia Faye.
Description: 4 film reels (223 min., 8,028 ft.) : sound, color ; 34 cm, 16 mm
Other Titles: Ten commandments (Motion picture : 1956)
10 commandments
Responsibility: Paramount presents ; produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille ; written for the screen by Æneas MacKenzie, Jesse L. Lasky, Jr., Jack Gariss, Frederic M. Frank.

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The biblical story of Moses. He left a life of comfort at the pharaoh's court to lead his people, the Jews, out of slavery and back to their homeland. Along the way, he received the ten commandments.
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