Schindler's List
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Film / 1923
The Ten Commandments
Directed by
Cecil B. DeMille
The first part tells the story of Moses leading the Jews from Egypt to the Promised Land, his receipt of the tablets and the worship of the golden calf. The second part shows the efficacy of the commandments in modern life through a story set in San Francisco. Two brothers, rivals for the love of Mary, also come into conflict when John discovers Dan used shoddy materials to construct a cathedral.
The story
The first part tells the story of Moses leading the Jews from Egypt to the Promised Land, his receipt of the tablets and the worship of the golden calf. The second part shows the efficacy of the commandments in modern life through a story set in San Francisco. Two brothers, rivals for the love of Mary, also come into conflict when John discovers Dan used shoddy materials to construct a cathedral.
Cast
Theodore RobertsMoses - The Lawgiver
Charles De RochefortRameses - the Magnificent: Prologue
Estelle TaylorMiriam - the Sister of Moses: Prologue
Julia FayeThe Wife of Pharaoh
Pat MooreThe Son of Pharaoh - Prologue
James NeillAaron - Brother of Moses: Prologue
Lawson ButtDathan - The Discontented
Clarence BurtonThe Taskmaster - Prologue
Noble JohnsonThe Bronze Man - Prologue
Edythe ChapmanMrs. Martha McTavish
Richard DixJohn McTavish
Rod La RocqueDan McTavish
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Leatrice JoyMary Leigh
Nita NaldiSally Lung - a Eurasian
Robert EdesonRedding - an Inspector
Charles OgleThe Doctor
Agnes AyresThe Outcast
Genevieve Belasco(uncredited)
Wilson BengeExtra (uncredited)
Virginia BradfordExtra (uncredited)
Arthur Edmund CareweIsraelite Slave (uncredited)
Gino CorradoExtra (uncredited)
Dorothy DaleEgyptian Girl (uncredited)
Cecilia de MilleExtra (uncredited)
Attilio DegasparisChild Extra (uncredited)
Louise EmmonsElderly Israelite (uncredited)
Charles FarrellIsraelite Slave (uncredited)
Viscount GlerawlyExtra (uncredited)
Rex IngramIsraelite Slave (uncredited)
Roscoe KarnsThe Boy in the Rain (uncredited)
Jack MontgomeryIsraelite Slave (uncredited)
Kathleen O'SheeIsraelite Slave (uncredited)
Jack PadjanIsraelite Slave (uncredited)
Eugene PalletteIsraelite Slave (uncredited)
John J. RichardsonIsraelite Slave (uncredited)
Mabel RichardsonIsraelite Woman (uncredited)
Robert St. AngeloExtra (uncredited)
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