{"id":41853,"date":"2019-01-09T01:01:54","date_gmt":"2019-01-09T08:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=41853"},"modified":"2021-08-29T19:19:39","modified_gmt":"2021-08-30T02:19:39","slug":"ten-commandments-the-1956","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=41853","title":{"rendered":"Ten Commandments, The (1956)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Have the days of darkness made you see the light, Ramses? Will you free my people?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Poster-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-41854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Poster-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Poster-86x128.jpg 86w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Poster.jpg 672w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen the Pharaoh of Egypt (Cedric Hardwicke) decrees that all newborn Hebrew males shall be slain, a distraught mother (Martha Scott) places her infant in a basket on the Nile River, where he&#8217;s found and adopted by Hardwicke&#8217;s childless sister (Nina Foch) and named Moses. Moses (Charlton Heston) grows into a trustworthy general, beloved by his uncle (Hardwicke) and beautiful Princess Nefretiri (Anne Baxter), while his cousin (Yul Brynner) covets Baxter for himself as the &#8220;rightful&#8221; heir to the throne. When Moses &#8212; who has long advocated for better conditions for the slaves &#8212; learns the truth of his humble origins (thanks in part to Nerfetiri&#8217;s maid [Judith Anderson] spilling the beans), he returns to his people, saving the life of a stonecutter (John Derek) in love with a beautiful peasant (Debra Pagent) by killing Derek&#8217;s cruel overseer (Vincent Price). He is banished when a deceptive Hebrew (Edward G. Robinson) &#8212; who has adopted Paget as his mistress &#8212; betrays his role in the murder, and eventually marries a humble shepherdess (Yvonne De Carlo) &#8212; but soon he is convinced that his true life work is to help free his fellow slaves from bondage to the Egyptians.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Anne Baxter Films<\/li>\n<li>Biblical Stories<\/li>\n<li>Cecil B. DeMille Films<\/li>\n<li>Charlton Heston Films<\/li>\n<li>Debra Paget Films<\/li>\n<li>Edward G. Robinson Films<\/li>\n<li>Historical Drama<\/li>\n<li>John Carradine Films<\/li>\n<li>Judith Anderson Films<\/li>\n<li>Rivalry<\/li>\n<li>Royalty and Nobility<\/li>\n<li>Slavery<\/li>\n<li>Vincent Price Films<\/li>\n<li>Woody Strode Films<\/li>\n<li>Yul Brynner Films<\/li>\n<li>Yvonne De Carlo Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary writes that &#8220;Cecil B. DeMille&#8217;s last film&#8221; &#8212; &#8220;his most famous epic&#8221; &#8212; is &#8220;not to be taken seriously&#8221;, though apparently in &#8220;some places in the world it&#8217;s taken as gospel&#8221;. He claims he loves &#8220;the way all the extras jabber, that Woody Strode plays two characters, that the dancing is so bad, and that everybody talks in stupid metaphors&#8230; the word <em>like<\/em> is said about a hundred times.&#8221; He adds that &#8220;if none of this excites you, then there&#8217;s always the parting of the Red Sea (one of the greatest special-effects sequences of all time): <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Red-Sea.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Red-Sea-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-41862\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Red-Sea-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Red-Sea-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Red-Sea-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Red-Sea-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Red-Sea.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; the Burning Bush: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Burning-Bush.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Burning-Bush-1024x580.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"363\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-53873\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Burning-Bush-1024x580.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Burning-Bush-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Burning-Bush-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Burning-Bush-768x435.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Burning-Bush-1536x870.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Burning-Bush-477x270.png 477w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Burning-Bush.png 1793w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Moses turning the Nile blood red&#8221;: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Nile-Blood2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Nile-Blood2-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-53879\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Nile-Blood2-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Nile-Blood2-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Nile-Blood2-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Nile-Blood2-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Nile-Blood2-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Nile-Blood2-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Nile-Blood2.png 1807w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and he writes that &#8220;Heston&#8217;s Moses is very convincing, especially to himself.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Heston.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Heston-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-53874\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Heston-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Heston-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Heston-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Heston-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Heston-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Heston-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Heston.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Heston3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Heston3-1024x579.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"362\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-53880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Heston3-1024x579.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Heston3-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Heston3-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Heston3-768x434.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Heston3-1536x869.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Heston3-477x270.png 477w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Heston3.png 1791w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Indeed, Heston and the visuals &#8212; including the cinematography, sets, crowds of extras, and costumes &#8212; are literally awesome: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Extras.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Extras-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-53881\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Extras-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Extras-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Extras-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Extras-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Extras-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Extras-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Extras.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; though the script itself leaves much to be desired; DVD Savant refers to this as an epic film that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s3489ten.html\">&#8220;is undeniably impressive but strangely primitive&#8221; at the same time<\/a>, noting, &#8220;The dialogue in <em>The Ten Commandments<\/em> alternates between comic-book drivel and grandiose Bible-speak.&#8221; With that said, the scene in which all first-born males across the land (young and old) are to be slain (Heston accepts this as God&#8217;s inevitable will) is appropriately somber and creepy: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-First-Born.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-First-Born-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-53883\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-First-Born-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-First-Born-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-First-Born-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-First-Born-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-First-Born-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-First-Born-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-First-Born.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and Heston-as-Moses remains an enduring hero for the ages. This one is worth at least a one-time watch given its popularity &#8212; though be forewarned it&#8217;s nearly four hours long.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Vibrant cinematography, sets, and costumes<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Cinematography-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-41857\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Cinematography-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Cinematography-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Cinematography-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Cinematography-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Cinematography.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Sets.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Sets-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-41855\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Sets-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Sets-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Sets-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Sets-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Sets.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Cinematography2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Cinematography2-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-41856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Cinematography2-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Cinematography2-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Cinematography2-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Cinematography2-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Cinematography2.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Brynner.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Brynner-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-53875\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Brynner-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Brynner-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Brynner-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Brynner-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Brynner-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Brynner-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ten-Commandments-Brynner.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, for its historical relevance and cult status. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/culture\/2017\/4\/15\/15243480\/ten-commandments-movie-of-week-passover-easter\">It&#8217;s still played every Passover\/Easter on television.<\/a>) <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cult Movie<\/li>\n<li>Historically Relevant<\/li>\n<li>Oscar Winner or Nominee<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> (<span style=\"color:red;font-weight:bold;\">Listed in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-static\/1001Movies.htm\"><em>1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die<\/em><\/a><\/span>) <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0049833\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=2043&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.qnetwork.com\/review\/1268\">Q Network Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s3489ten.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Have the days of darkness made you see the light, Ramses? Will you free my people?&#8221; Synopsis: When the Pharaoh of Egypt (Cedric Hardwicke) decrees that all newborn Hebrew males shall be slain, a distraught mother (Martha Scott) places her infant in a basket on the Nile River, where he&#8217;s found and adopted by Hardwicke&#8217;s childless sister (Nina Foch) and named Moses. 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