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Charlton Heston, Edward G. Robinson, Anne Baxter, Yul Brynner, John Carradine, Yvonne De Carlo, John Derek, and Vincent Price in The Ten Commandments (1956)

Awards

The Ten Commandments

13 wins & 12 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • Cecil B. DeMille
    1957 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Picture
    • Cecil B. DeMille
  • 1957 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Cinematography, Color
    • Loyal Griggs
  • Hal Pereira
    1957 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color
    • Hal Pereira
    • Walter H. Tyler
    • Albert Nozaki
    • Sam Comer
    • Ray Moyer
  • Edith Head
    1957 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Costume Design, Color
    • Edith Head
    • Ralph Jester
    • John Jensen
    • Dorothy Jeakins
    • Arnold Friberg
  • Loren L. Ryder
    1957 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Sound, Recording
    • Loren L. Ryder (Paramount SSD)

Christopher Awards

  • Cecil B. DeMille
    1956 Winner Special Christopher Award
    • Special Christopher Award
    • Cecil B. DeMille (producer and director)
    • Henry Wilcoxon (associate producer)
    • Æneas MacKenzie (screenwriter)
    • Jesse Lasky Jr. (screenwriter)
    • Jack Gariss (screenwriter)
    • Fredric M. Frank (screenwriter)

Fotogramas de Plata

  • Charlton Heston
    1960 Winner Fotogramas de Plata
    • Best Foreign Performer (Mejor intérprete de cine extranjero)
    • Charlton Heston

Golden Globes, USA

  • Charlton Heston
    1957 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Actor - Drama
    • Charlton Heston

Laurel Awards

  • Charlton Heston
    1957 Winner Golden Laurel
    • Top Male Dramatic Performance
    • Charlton Heston
  • Cecil B. DeMille
    1957 Winner Golden Laurel
    • Top Producer/Director
    • Cecil B. DeMille
  • Cecil B. DeMille
    1957 Winner Special Merit Award
    • Cecil B. DeMille
  • Anne Baxter, 1956.
    1957 Nominee Golden Laurel
    • Top Female Dramatic Performance
    • Anne Baxter
    5th place.
  • Yvonne De Carlo in The Munsters (1964)
    1957 Nominee Golden Laurel
    • Top Female Supporting Performance
    • Yvonne De Carlo

National Board of Review, USA

  • "The Sound and the Fury" Yul Brynner 1959 Twentieth Century Fox
    1956 Winner NBR Award
    • Best Actor
    • Yul Brynner
    Shared with: The King and I · Anastasia

National Film Preservation Board, USA

  • Charlton Heston, Edward G. Robinson, Anne Baxter, Yul Brynner, John Carradine, Yvonne De Carlo, John Derek, and Vincent Price in The Ten Commandments (1956)
    1999 Winner National Film Registry

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

  • "The Sound and the Fury" Yul Brynner 1959 Twentieth Century Fox
    1956 Nominee NYFCC Award
    • Best Actor
    • Yul Brynner
    Shared with: The King and I · Anastasia

Photoplay Awards

  • Cecil B. DeMille
    1957 Winner Special Award
    • Cecil B. DeMille
    For his creation of one of the screen's greatest emotional and religious experiences.
  • "The Sound and the Fury" Yul Brynner 1959 Twentieth Century Fox
    1957 Nominee Most Popular Male Star
    • Yul Brynner
    Shared with: Anastasia · The King and I
  • Cecil B. DeMille
    1956 Winner Gold Medal
    • Special Award
    • Cecil B. DeMille (director/producer)
    "For the creation of one of the screen's greatest emotional and religious experiences".
  • Charlton Heston, Edward G. Robinson, Anne Baxter, Yul Brynner, John Carradine, Yvonne De Carlo, John Derek, and Vincent Price in The Ten Commandments (1956)
    1956 Nominee Gold Medal
    • Favorite Picture of the Year

International Film Music Critics Award (IFMCA)

  • Elmer Bernstein
    2017 Winner IFMCA Award
    • Best Re-Release or Re-Recording of an Existing Score
    • Elmer Bernstein (music)
    • Douglass Fake (album producer)
    • Roger Feigelson (album producer)
    • Frank K. DeWald (liner notes)
    • Joe Sikoryak (album art direction)

Online Film & Television Association

  • Charlton Heston, Edward G. Robinson, Anne Baxter, Yul Brynner, John Carradine, Yvonne De Carlo, John Derek, and Vincent Price in The Ten Commandments (1956)
    2019 Winner OFTA Film Hall of Fame
    • Motion Picture

Boxoffice Magazine Awards

  • Cecil B. DeMille
    1957 Winner Boxoffice Blue Ribbon Award
    • Best Picture of the Month for the Whole Family (January)
    • Cecil B. DeMille

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