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The ten commandments
Resource Information
The work The ten commandments 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.

The Resource The ten commandments
Label
The ten commandments
Statement of responsibility
Paramount presents, a Cecil B. De Mille Production ; produced by Motion Picture Associates, Inc. ; a Paramount Picture ; written for the screen by Æneas Mackenzie, Jesse L. Lasky, Jr., Jack Gariss, Fredric M. Frank ; produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille
Title variation
Cecil B. DeMille's the Ten commandments
Contributor
  • Griggs, Loyal
  • Hardwicke, Cedric, 1893-1964
  • Heston, Charlton
  • trueIngraham, J. H., (Joseph Holt), 1809-1860
  • Lasky, Jesse L., Jr., 1910-1988
  • MacKenzie, Aeneas
  • Paget, Debra, 1933-
  • Price, Vincent, 1911-1993
  • Prinz, Le Roy, 1895-1983
  • trueRobinson, Edward G., 1893-1973
  • Scott, Martha, 1914-2003
  • Southon, Arthur E., (Arthur Eustace), 1887-
  • Bernstein, Elmer
  • Wilson, Dorothy Clarke
  • Brynner, Yul
  • Baxter, Anne
  • Carradine, John
  • Bauchens, Anne
  • trueDe Carlo, Yvonne
  • DeMille, Cecil B., (Cecil Blount), 1881-1959
  • Derek, John, 1926-1998
  • Anderson, Judith, 1897-1992
  • Paramount Pictures Corporation
  • Foch, Nina
  • Frank, Fredric M., (Fredric Maurice), 1911-1977
  • Gariss, Jack
  • Godfrey, Ruth, 1922-2007
  • Motion Picture Associates, Inc
Actor
  • Scott, Martha, 1914-2003
  • trueRobinson, Edward G., 1893-1973
  • trueDe Carlo, Yvonne
  • Carradine, John
  • Baxter, Anne
  • Brynner, Yul
  • Price, Vincent, 1911-1993
  • Paget, Debra, 1933-
  • Heston, Charlton
  • Hardwicke, Cedric, 1893-1964
  • Foch, Nina
  • Anderson, Judith, 1897-1992
  • Derek, John, 1926-1998
Choreographer
  • Prinz, Le Roy, 1895-1983
  • Godfrey, Ruth, 1922-2007
Composer
  • Bernstein, Elmer
Director
  • DeMille, Cecil B., (Cecil Blount), 1881-1959
Director of photography
  • Griggs, Loyal
Film editor
  • Bauchens, Anne
Producer
  • DeMille, Cecil B., (Cecil Blount), 1881-1959
Screenwriter
  • Frank, Fredric M., (Fredric Maurice), 1911-1977
  • Lasky, Jesse L., Jr., 1910-1988
  • MacKenzie, Aeneas
  • Gariss, Jack
Subject
  • Ten commandments -- Drama
  • Video recordings for the hearing impaired
  • Video recordings for the hearing impaired
  • Bible films
  • Bible films
  • Bible, Old Testament
  • Bible, Old Testament -- Drama
  • Bible, Old Testament -- Film adaptations
  • Drama
  • Feature films
  • Feature films
  • Film adaptations
  • Historical films
  • Historical films
  • Moses, (Biblical leader)
  • Moses, (Biblical leader) -- Drama
  • National Film Registry
  • Religious films
  • Religious films
  • Ten commandments
Genre
  • Video recordings for the hearing impaired
  • Feature films
  • trueDrama
  • Historical films
  • Bible films
  • National Film Registry
  • Film adaptations
  • Religious films
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • fre
  • por
  • spa
  • eng
  • fre
  • por
  • spa
  • eng
Summary
Filmed in Egypt and the Sinai with one of the biggest sets ever constructed for a motion picture, this epic tells the story of the life of Moses. Once favored in the Pharaoh's household, Moses turned his back on a privileged life to lead his people to freedom
Awards note
  • Winner, Best Effects, Special Effects (John P. Fulton), 1957 Academy Awards (U.S.A.) ; Nominee, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Color, Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing, Best Picture, Best Sound Recording, 1957 Academy Awards.
  • Named to the National Film Registry in 1999 by the Library of Congress.
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director of photography, Loyal Griggs; art direction, Hal Pereira, Walter Tyler, Albert Nozaki ; choreography, Leroy Prinz, Ruth Godfrey ; edited by Anne Bauchens ; music by Elmer Bernstein
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
Rating: G
Language note
English (Dolby digital 5.1 surround) (2.0 surround), French (mono), Portuguese (mono) or Spanish (2.0 surround) dialogue; optional English, French, Portuguese or Spanish subtitles; closed captioned for the hearing impaired
LC call number
PN1997
LC item number
.T39 2011
PerformerNote
Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, Edward G. Robinson, Yvonne de Carlo, Debra Paget, John Derek, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Nina Foch, Martha Scott, Judith Anderson, Vincent Price, John Carradine
Runtime
231
Target audience
general
Technique
live action

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  • The ten commandments, Paramount presents, a Cecil B. De Mille Production ; produced by Motion Picture Associates, Inc. ; a Paramount Picture ; written for the screen by Æneas Mackenzie, Jesse L. Lasky, Jr., Jack Gariss, Fredric M. Frank ; produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille

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