The king of kings

Resource Information

The work The king of kings represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

The king of kings

Statement of responsibility

Janus Films ; Cecil B. DeMille [presents] ; Pathé Exchange, Inc. ; by Jeanie Macpherson. Cecil B. DeMille [presents] ; a Keith T. Smith Modern Sound Pictures Incorporated release ; Pathé Exchange, Inc. ; Cinema Corp. of America

Title variation

Cecil B. DeMille's The king of kings

Contributor

• Criterion Collection (Firm)
• Janus Films
• Modern Sound Pictures, Inc
• Pathé Exchange
• Cumming, Dorothy, 1899-1983
• DeMille, Cecil B., (Cecil Blount), 1881-1959
• Logan, Jacqueline
• Love, Montagu, 1877-1943
• MacPherson, Jeanie, 1887-1946
• Schildkraut, Joseph, 1895-1964
• Schildkraut, Rudolph
• Siegmann, George
• Torrence, Ernest, 1878-1933
• Varconi, Victor, 1891-1976
• Warner, H. B., (Henry Byron), 1876-1958
• Cinema Corporation of America

Subject

• Ascension of Jesus Christ
• Crucifixion of Jesus Christ
• Drama
• Feature films
• Feature films -- United States
• Jesus Christ
• Jesus Christ -- Ascension -- Drama
• Jesus Christ -- Crucifixion -- Drama
• Jesus Christ -- Drama
• Jesus Christ -- Miracles -- Drama
• Jesus Christ -- Teachings -- Drama
• Miracles of Jesus Christ
• Silent films -- United States
• Teachings

Genre

• Feature films
• Silent films
• trueDrama

Language

eng

Summary

Cecil B DeMille made movies for and of the masses, highlighting myths, mystery, and oversized stories. He excelled in the telling of the ultimate legends carved out of the Bible. The simple, straightforward saga of the last days of Christ's life is told in "The King of Kings." Told with DeMille's trademark opulent sets, incredible effects, and a cast of thousands, it is carefully crafted, flawless film making filled with as much meaning and message as possible. In 1927, working with the biggest budget in the history of Hollywood, DeMille spun the life of Christ into one of the highest-grossing, artistically executed films of all time

Member of

• Criterion collection, 266

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

1928: Music score by Hugo Reisenfeld

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

Not rated

Language note

Silent with English intertitles, optional score

LC call number

PN1997 .K52

LC item number

D378 2004

PerformerNote

H.B. Warner (Jesus, the Christ), Dorothy Cumming (Mary, the mother), Jacqueline Logan (Mary Magdalene), Rudolph Schildkraut (Caiaphas), Sam De Grasse (The Pharisee), Kenneth Thomson (Lazarus), Ernest Torrence (Peter), Joseph Schildkraut (Judas Iscariot), James Neill (James, brother of John), Joseph Striker (John, the beloved), Robert Edeson (Matthew, the publican), Sidney D'Albrook (Thomas, the doubter), David Imboden (Andrew, a fisherman), Charles Belcher (Philip), Clayton Packard (Bartholomew), Robert Ellsworth (Simon, the zealot), Charles Requa (James The Lesser), John T. Prince (Thaddeus), Victor Varconi (Pontius Pilate), Majel Coleman (Proculla), Montagu Love (Roman Centurion), George Siegmann (Barabbas)

Runtime

267

Series statement

The Criterion collection

Series volume

266

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action