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5 days ago · Segaloff: This one is going to be weird: Cecil B. Demille got a nasty letter about The Ten Commandments. And that was because, and its still in the film by the way, at the very beginning when Pharaoh orders the slaughter of all the first-born male Hebrews you have a scene of a mother crying against a wall as her infant has just been killed, and Pharaoh’s guard comes out with a bloody sword and wipes the blood off the sword.
2 days ago · Every Easter as a child, I was re-introduced to the story of Moses through Cecil B. Demille’s epic movie, The Ten Commandments, which aired on network television. During my formative years, that movie had a greater impact on my understanding of the Exodus than any Church talk, Sunday School lesson, Institute class, or my own limited reading of the Old Testament.
3 days ago · But large-scale biblical epics like The Ten Commandments (1956), directed Cecil B. DeMille, or Ben-Hur (1959), directed by William Wyler, appealed to Americans across denominational boundaries and marked a kind of new, Judeo-Christian civil religion that was perfectly suited for the conformity of the Cold War era.
3 days ago · William C. deMille was the elder brother of the more famous Cecil B. DeMille (who altered his last name, claiming that it fit better on Marquees), but William was a respected film director in his own right. Unfortunately, many of his films are now considered lost films.
3 days ago · Charlton Heston on the set of The Ten Commandments, directed by Cecil B. DeMille, 1956 ... William Daniels would originate the role of John Adams, and it was a fresh look at the second president ...
1 day ago · Jamie Babbit; Héctor Babenco; Lloyd Bacon; Clarence G. Badger; John Badham; Bae Yong-Kyun; Cindy Baer; Prince Bagdasarian; King Baggot; Nadeem Baig; Prano Bailey-Bond
4 days ago · Cecil B. DeMille (1881-1959) was one of two great film-makers from the same family, his brother, William C. DeMille, was also active in Hollywood. Cecil B. DeMille was an actor, director and playwright and helped to establish Paramount Pictures in 1914.
