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The Ten Commandments

  • 19231923
  • PassedPassed
  • 2h 16m
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6.8/10
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Theodore Roberts in The Ten Commandments (1923)
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After hearing the story of Moses, the sons of a devout Christian mother go their own ways, and the atheist brother's breaking of the Ten Commandments leads to tragedy.After hearing the story of Moses, the sons of a devout Christian mother go their own ways, and the atheist brother's breaking of the Ten Commandments leads to tragedy.After hearing the story of Moses, the sons of a devout Christian mother go their own ways, and the atheist brother's breaking of the Ten Commandments leads to tragedy.
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2.4K
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    • Cecil B. DeMille
    • Jeanie Macpherson(story)
  • Stars
    • Theodore Roberts
    • Charles de Rochefort
    • Estelle Taylor
    • Cecil B. DeMille
    • Jeanie Macpherson(story)
  • Stars
    • Theodore Roberts
    • Charles de Rochefort
    • Estelle Taylor
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    • 38User reviews
    • 13Critic reviews
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    Edythe Chapman, Richard Dix, Leatrice Joy, and Rod La Rocque in The Ten Commandments (1923)
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    Richard Dix and Leatrice Joy in The Ten Commandments (1923)
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    Theodore Roberts and Estelle Taylor in The Ten Commandments (1923)
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    Charles de Rochefort in The Ten Commandments (1923)
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    Charles de Rochefort, Pat Moore, and Theodore Roberts in The Ten Commandments (1923)
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    Theodore Roberts
    Theodore Roberts
    • Moses - The Lawgiver - Prologue
    Charles de Rochefort
    Charles de Rochefort
    • Rameses the Magnificent - Prologue
    • (as Charles De Roche)
    Estelle Taylor
    Estelle Taylor
    • Miriam - The Sister of Moses - Prologue
    Julia Faye
    Julia Faye
    • The Wife of Pharaoh - Prologue
    Pat Moore
    Pat Moore
    • The Son of Pharaoh - Prologue
    • (as Terrence Moore)
    James Neill
    James Neill
    • Aaron - Brother of Moses - Prologue
    Lawson Butt
    Lawson Butt
    • Dathan - The Discontented - Prologue
    Clarence Burton
    Clarence Burton
    • The Taskmaster - Prologue…
    Noble Johnson
    Noble Johnson
    • The Bronze Man - Prologue
    Edythe Chapman
    Edythe Chapman
    • Mrs. Martha McTavish
    Richard Dix
    Richard Dix
    • John McTavish - Her Son
    Rod La Rocque
    Rod La Rocque
    • Dan McTavish - Her Son
    Leatrice Joy
    Leatrice Joy
    • Mary Leigh
    Nita Naldi
    Nita Naldi
    • Sally Lung - A Eurasian
    Robert Edeson
    Robert Edeson
    • Redding - An Inspector
    Charles Ogle
    Charles Ogle
    • The Doctor
    Agnes Ayres
    Agnes Ayres
    • The Outcast
    Leon Beaumon
    Leon Beaumon
    • Egyptian Calvaryman
    • (uncredited)
      • Cecil B. DeMille
      • Jeanie Macpherson(story)
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    • Trivia
      The enormous sets of ancient Egypt have become a Hollywood legend in themselves. The "City of the Pharaohs" was constructed of wood and plaster in the Guadalupe Dunes, an 18-mile stretch of coastal sand 170 miles north of L.A. The sets featured four 35-foot-tall statues of the Pharaoh Ramses, 21 five-ton sphinxes, and city walls over 120 feet high. An army of 2,500 actors, extras, carpenters, plasterers, painters, cooks, staff, and film crew members inhabited the set for three months, housed in a virtual army camp that featured nearly 1,000 tents. (3,500 animals, used in recreating the scenes of ancient Egypt, were housed in a huge corral downwind of the camp.) When shooting wrapped, Cecil B. DeMille simply had the massive Egyptian city sets bulldozed, and buried in a huge pit beneath the sand, where they remain to this day. For years, the legendary "Lost City of DeMille" was spoken of by locals in Guadalupe who had worked on the film set. Artifacts from the Egyptian sets were found in the dunes, and can sometimes be found in local houses in the area. (DeMille even said in his autobiography, "If 1,000 years from now, archaeologists happen to dig beneath the sands of Guadalupe, I hope that they will not rush into print with the amazing news that Egyptian civilization extended all the way to the Pacific Coast of North America.") In 1983, documentary filmmaker Peter Brosnan located the remains of the DeMille sets, still buried beneath the dunes. The site is now recognized as an official archaeological site by the state of California, and it is against the law to remove artifacts from the site. Brosnan has been trying for many years to raise money from the Hollywood studios to excavate the site, but so far has been unable to do so.
    • Goofs
      The type of staff used by Moses and his followers has a Star of David on the end. The Star of David didn't become a symbol of Judaism until the Middle Ages.
    • Quotes

      Mary Leigh: I was passing by Dugan's lunch wagon when a hot dog ran out and bit me.

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      Edited into Forgotten Commandments (1932)

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    Excuse me, gotta go and worship a Golden Calf!
    Whenever anybody says THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, we think of the fun, uplifting 1956 epic made by DeMille and starring Charleton Heston, Yul Brynner, etc. etc. Not too many people know that film is a remake of DeMille's own 1923 film of the same name. The 1923 version has so much zip to it, mainly because in it's 90 minute plus time, DeMille has to tell TWO stories. The first is the story of Moses. He has to lead the exodus from Egypt, part the Red Sea (an awesome scene done in early two-tone Technicolor) and slap some sense in his followers who wrongly decide to worship the Golden Calf. All that in 45 minutes. That means it spools out really, really fast. The rest of the film takes place in modern day San Francisco, where two brothers, one a hard working carpenter, the other, a wealthy but scheming architect battle. We know their grey haired mom is a good Christian, because she constantly carries around a Bible as big as a cinderblock!

    Beautifully restored, witha great piano and organ score. This is an energetic silent well worth catching.
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    • Sep 6, 2001

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    • Release date
      • November 14, 1924 (Netherlands)
      • United States
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      • English
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      • Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes, California, USA
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      • Paramount Pictures
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    • 2 hours 16 minutes
      • Black and White
      • Silent

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