It is a partial remake of his 1923 silent film of the same title, and features one of the largest sets ever created for a film at the time of its release, it was the most expensive film ever made. Robinson as Dathan, Yvonne De Carlo as Sephora, Martha Scott as Yochabel, Judith Anderson as Memnet, and Vincent Price as Baka.įilmed on location in Egypt, Mount Sinai, and the Sinai Peninsula, the film was DeMille's last and most successful work. Running close to four hours (with an intermission), The Ten Commandments stars Charlton Heston in the title role, with its massive supporting cast including Yul Brynner as Rameses, Anne Baxter as Nefretiri, Edward G.
DeMille's film dramatizes the life of Moses, an adopted Egyptian prince who becomes the deliverer of his real brethren, the enslaved Hebrews, and thereafter leads the Exodus to Mount Sinai, where he receives the Ten Commandments from God. Ingraham, the 1937 novel On Eagle's Wings by A. DeMille, The Ten Commandments was released by Paramount Pictures, and based on the 1949 novel Prince of Egypt by Dorothy Clarke Wilson, the 1859 novel Pillar of Fire by J. Produced, directed, and narrated by Cecil B. Rave Cinemas Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, 3601 East 53rd Street, Davenport IAĮnjoying a local presentation as the third cinematic presentation in Fathom Events' seventh-annual TCM Big Screen Classics series, the legendary biblical epic The Ten Commandments celebrates its 65th anniversary with March 28 and March 31 screenings at Rave Cinemas Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, this 1956 masterwork famed for its scale, cope, and unforgettable sights including Moses' iconic parting of the Red Sea.
Sunday, March 28, and Wednesday, March 31