The Ten Commandments (Paramount Pictures) (1966)

Cast with over 25,000 players, the Technicolor colossus stars Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, Edward G. Robinson, Yvonne De Carlo, Debra Paget and John Derek. Starring also are Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Nina Foch, Martha Scott, Judith Anderson and Vincent Price in CREEN HISTORY! ARALLELED ENTERTAINMENT! nt career, Producer-Director Cecil —ssmisied “supporting case 0 ° * 2 ; top-liners. y of Moses with his production of Filmed in partin Egypt on the shores of the Red Sea, in the Sinai deserts and on the slopes of Mount Sinai, ten years in the making, the three-hour, thirty nine-minute Paramount film backgrounds the story of Exodus with spectacle of a dimension that is history-making in its scope. The incredible skill of the ancient Egyptians in building their massive cities, long a source of wonder to the modern world, is pictured in authentic detail and with a cast of tens of thousands in Cecil B. DeMille’s mammoth production of “The Ten Commandments.” Scenes showing the raising of a giant obelisk, the hauling and placement of huge granite blocks during the construction of the pharaoh’s treasure city, and the life of-the enslaved Hebrews in the brick pits of Goshen have been described as not only stupendous spectacle but a living illustration of history. ‘Ten Commandments’ Score Wins Widespread Acclaim The most soughteafter film music assignment in motion pic“oo tUre' history "went ~ to mer Bernstein, one of the most talented composers of our time, who was chosen by Cecil B. DeMille to compose and conduct the score for his monumental ‘*The Ten Commandments.’’ Bernstein’s scoring for such momentous events in the DeMille masterwork, dments’’ and its cast of thousands, are typified by the scene shown sure city, Per-Rameses. Countless Hebrew slaves are shown laborers, as they pull and haul giant blocks of stone mile after mile. Parting of Red Sea Tribute to Wizardry Of Effects Genius When audiences at Cecil B. DeMille’s production of “The Ten Commandments” see the thundering chariot army of Pharaoh Rameses II perish in the raging waters of the Red Sea as the fleeing Israelite multitude crosses safely over, they will be watching the wizardry of Oscar f winner John P. Fulton answer screen history’s greatest challenge to the special effects man. The extraordinary sequence, with its enormous problems of creating the towering walls of water, fuming waves, blasting wind and scurrying clouds, took three years to execute and $1,000,000 of the mammoth film’s $13,500,000 total cost. Combined with master showman DeMille’s handling and filming of tens of thousands of extras and thousands of livestock, the scene is the climactic moment of the most immense spectacle ever made. The incredible engineering skill of the ancient Egyptians in building a towering treasure city is pictured in Cecil B. DeMille’s Production “The Ten Commandments.” The depiction of the historic clash between Moses, the man of God, played by Charlton Heston, and Rameses, the tyrant, portrayed by Yul Brynner, is set “De Mille’s Most Impressive Film... Tremendous Sweep...Has Depicted blood-red rivers and flaming hail A Moral Giant.’ — PARENTS’ MAGAZINE of Fulton’s scripture-based version of the Plagues, against the creeping green mists,’ ~~ Anne Baxter as the lovely and seductive Throne Princess Nefretiri in Cecil B. DeMille’s Production “The Ten Commandments.” Wonders of Ancient Egypt Recreated In DeMille’s ‘The Ten Commandments’ Yul Brynner, as Prince Rameses, seeks information about the murder of an Egyptian official from slave overseer Edward G. Robinson in scene from Cecil B. DeMille’s “The Ten Commandments.” As Moses. the great lawgiver. Charlton Heston heads the massive starring cast of Cecil B. DeMille’s Production “The Ten Commandments.” Yul Brynner as the ambition-driven Prince of Egypt who becomes the Pharach upon whom the Plagues are visited, in Cecil B. DeMille’s Production “The Ten Commandments.”