The Ten Commandments

(Cecil B. DeMille, US 1956, 220 min., 35mm)

Holiday Favorite!. A springtime staple for decades, Cecil B. DeMille’s adaptation of the Book of Exodus features an all-star cast only he could put together. Moses (Charlton Heston), spared from the Pharaoh’s wrath as an infant, has been raised in a royal Egyptian household and finds success until his true parentage is revealed. Conscripted into slavery, Moses learns more about the Hebrew god and the prophecy of the man who will lead the Israelites out of Egypt, all the while doubting that he is that man. The cast also includes Yul Brynner, Edward G. Robinson, Yvonne DeCarlo, Judith Anderson, Vincent Price, and John Carradine.