The Ten Commandments is a 1956 American epic biblical adventure drama film produced, directed, and narrated by Cecil B. DeMille, shot in VistaVision, and released by Paramount Pictures. Based on the B
Theatrical release poster by Macario Gómez Quibus
Cecil B. DeMille and his personal copy of the Bible in the film's trailer.
DeMille holds a photograph of Charlton Heston looking at Michelangelo's Moses. Heston's resemblance to the sculpture helped him win the role of Moses.
"Nefretiri ruled the glamor arena some 3,200 years ago", wrote Anne Baxter, "and it's surprising how much the ladies of that day knew about the art of stalking a man."
Charlton Heston
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Charlton Heston was an American actor and political activist. He gained stardom for his leading man roles in numerous Hollywood films including biblical epics, historical drama films, science-fiction
The Ten Commandments (1956 film)
…brethren, the enslaved Hebrews, and thereafter leads the Exodus to Mount Sinai, where he receives the titular commandments from God. The film stars Charlton Heston in the lead role, Yul Brynner as Rameses, Anne Baxter as Nefretiri, Edward G. Robinson as Dathan, Yvonne De Carlo as Sephora, Debra Paget as Lilia, and…
Heston in 1963
Heston as Mark Antony in Julius Caesar (1950)
Heston with Katy Jurado in Arrowhead (1953)
Heston as Moses in Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments (1956)