Charlton heston ten commandments

The seasonal favorite The Ten Commandments was a crowning achievement for Cecil B. DeMille, the master of the Biblical epic. He started his career with a version of the film in , and he returned to the story in the version, which turned out to be its last film. And what a way to go out— LIFE magazine dubbed it &#;DeMille&#;s Greatest&#; when it wrote about his technicolor telling of the Book of Exodus, starring Charlton Heston in the role of Moses.

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&#;DeMille tells this story sumptuously,&#; LIFE wrote. &#;He built a huge set on Egypt&#;s sands—the gates of Per-Rameses and a sphinx avenue—that drew more tourists than Giza&#;s single sphinx&#;.The result is a film of reverent and massive significance.&#;

LIFE&#;s Ralph Crane went to Egypt to capture the scale of this grand production, and his pictures show what it took to make a big movie in the days before digital effects.

(Though of course the film is remembered in part for a scene that did require special effects, however old s The Ten Commandments (1956) - Turner Classic Movies XASAG