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At the 15th Foreign Language Press Film Critics Circle Awards in 1957, this movie won in two categor [...]	D
Nina Foch was actually one year younger than Charlton Heston, her on-screen son.	D
Lyle Bettger, Noel Cravat, and Edmond O'Brien were considered for the role of Baka, the Pharaoh's ma [...]	D
When asking the Egyptian authorities for permission to film there, Cecil B. DeMille was pleasantly s [...]	D
Despite his fame and success with numerous Biblical spectacular movies, Cecil B. DeMillewon his only [...]	D
According to the commentary on the 50th anniversary DVD in 2006, the plague of frogs was filmed, but [...]	D
In December 1956, The Film Daily announced the results of its national poll of movie critics, known [...]	D
Vincent Price and Charlton Heston both played Cardinal Richelieu in film versions of Alexandre Dumas [...]	D
Martha Scott and Charlton Heston star opposite each other as a Hebrew mother and son again in Ben-Hu [...]	D
In the original script, Moses placed his hands on Joshua's head to ordain him as Israel's leader. Se [...]	D
Cecil B. DeMille originally wanted Grace Kelly to play Sephora, but she was unavailable.	D
Cecil B. DeMille's first choice for the role of Lilia was Pier Angeli, but her partnership with the [...]	D
Cecil B. DeMille originally considered James Mason for Rameses II.	D
While screening Sombrero (1953), which Cecil B. DeMille was using as a screentest for Nina Foch, he [...]	D
During the exodus scene, a shofar is seen being played onscreen. A shofar is a Jewish ritual musical [...]	D
In 1999, Katherine Orrison published the 256-page book "Written in Stone: Making Cecil B. DeMille's [...]	D
This movie is usually edited very slightly for television. Because of numerous lengthy commercial br [...]	D
This movie featured an international cast with foreign-born leading and supporting actors and actres [...]	D
Vincent Price and Judith Anderson also appeared together in Vertigine (1944).	D
Anne Baxter and Yvonne De Carlo were thrilled to be cast against type. Baxter saw the role of Nefret [...]	D
According to Charlton Heston, Cecil B. DeMille changed the name of Moses' wife from Zipporah (the or [...]	D
Some scenes were filmed in Egypt in 1955. Relations between the United States and Colonel Gamal Abde [...]	D
In the original Book of Exodus, Moses had a stutter and because of this, he often left to Aaron to b [...]	D
The scene in which the slaves are working in the brick pits under a sweltering sun was filmed on an [...]	D
According to the "Guinness Book of World Records", this movie was the top moneymaker of 1957 in the [...]	D
Yvonne De Carlo talked about this movie in Chapter 28 of her 1987 autobiography, "Yvonne". She went [...]	D
Cecil B. DeMille picked Charlton Heston for the role of Moses because he bore a resemblance to Miche [...]	D
Special effects property master William Sapp created the effects that turned the waters of the Nile [...]	D
The script contained 308 pages with 70 speaking parts.	D
Cecil B. DeMille ended his career with his most expensive production and biggest commercial hit.	D
The Bible never identifies any Pharaoh by name. However, this movie, and all versions of the story t [...]	D
Yvonne De Carlo died in 2007. Charlton Heston died in April 2008. Nina Foch died in December 2008. A [...]	D
In the initial Egyptian sequence, Nefretiri is referred to as "the throne Princess" who "must marry [...]	D
During the early part of principal photography, Yul Brynner was still on Broadway starring in "The K [...]	D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2005 list of 250 movies nominated for AFI's 100 Years o [...]	D
This movie is about the deliverance of the ancient Israelites, the ancestors of the Jewish people. C [...]	D
In Biblical times, a talent of gold weighed approximately 75 lbs. The "ten talents of fine gold" Dat [...]	D
According to casting director Bill Meikeljohn, Dean Jagger was considered for the role of Sethi.	D
Moses and Rameses II's final meeting, in which the slaves are freed and Rameses II learns his own so [...]	D
According to Hollywood lore, while filming the orgy sequence that precedes Moses' descent from Mount [...]	D
Rory Calhoun, Jeff Chandler, Anthony Dexter, Mel Ferrer, Stewart Granger, William Holden, and Michae [...]	D
Cecil B. DeMille's 75th birthday fell during the production, making him the oldest working Hollywood [...]	D
Cecil B. DeMille was disappointed when he found out that neither he nor Elmer Bernstein received Aca [...]	D
Included among the American Film Institute's 1998 list of the 400 movies nominated for the Top 100 G [...]	D
Julia Faye: Elisheba, Aaron's wife. She had played Pharaoh's wife in I dieci comandamenti (1923).	D
Raymond Burr, Lee J. Cobb, King Donovan, Leo Genn, James Griffith, Peter Hansen, Victor Jory, Fredri [...]	D
Yul Brynner and Anne Baxter shared their final appearance in this movie when their figures fade into [...]	D
Joan Crawford wanted to play a small role in a Cecil B. DeMille movie, so DeMille offered her the pa [...]	D
The original ten-minute theatrical trailer included alternate takes and shots that were cut from thi [...]	D
The approaching hailstorm that is seen on the sky was created with travelling mattes, while animatio [...]	D
Mike Connors was one of the Amalekites who attacked Jethro's daughters at the well. He was billed as [...]	D
The movie's West Coast premiere took place at the Stanley Warner Theatre in Los Angeles on November [...]	D
Jeff Chandler, Tony Curtis, Vince Edwards, Eric Fleming, Arthur Franz, Rock Hudson, Brian Keith, Cam [...]	D
The film runs just over 3-1/2 hours, but the Ten Commandments aren't mentioned or shown until the la [...]	D
Producer/director Cecil B. DeMille suffered a heart attack during production, after climbing 130 fee [...]	D
In the narrated desert sequence, to create the effect of the sandstorms as Moses left Egypt and head [...]	D
Burt Lancaster was considered for Moses.	D
Paramount Pictures reteamed Charlton Heston and Anne Baxter for I violenti (1956), in which they pla [...]	D
Cecil B. DeMille had worked with George Barnes (cinematography), Gordon Jennings (special effects), [...]	D
This movie was the inspiration behind the song "Charlton Heston Put His Vest On" by 1980s band Stump [...]	D
Since this movie is a nearly identical, extended remake of the Biblical prologue of Cecil B. DeMille [...]	D
Pre-production work included over 1,200 storyboard sketches.	D
In ancient Egypt, both interior and exterior walls were painted with highly colorful imagery. But in [...]	D
Contrary to popular belief, Cecil B. DeMille didn't change Anne Baxter's character's name from "Nefe [...]	D
Associate producer Henry Wilcoxon later bemoaned that the ending of this movie was marred by the unc [...]	D
The visual effects work was so extensive that it wasn't complete by the final edit. The released ver [...]	D
During production on Il piÃ¹ grande spettacolo del mondo (1952), Cecil B. DeMille was planning to [...]	D
Charlton Heston's newborn son Fraser C. Heston played the infant Moses. According to DVD commentary [...]	D
Renowned Academy Award-winning director Steven Spielberg claimed that he considers the parting of th [...]	D
When Rameses II places this son's body into the arms of the statue of Sokar, the body changes from E [...]	D
At least 14,000 extras and 15,000 animals were used in this movie.	D
According to Simon Louvish's biography "Cecil B. DeMille: A Life in Art", the role of Moses was firs [...]	D
The film inspired the Metallica song "Creeping Death", from their 1984 album "Ride the Lightning". T [...]	D
Charlton Heston earned his first Golden Globe Award nomination (in the Best Actor in a Motion Pictur [...]	D
Cecil B. DeMille was disappointed in the performance of Joshua and lack of research into the role by [...]	D
Final film of Luis Alberni (Old Hebrew at Moses' House).	D
A rare epic of its time in that its interior scenes were all shot on Hollywood soundstages. Rival ep [...]	D
Originally, this movie was not filmed with stereophonic sound, making it the only mid-to-late 1950s [...]	D
According to Katherine Orrison, co-author of a biography of associate producer Henry Wilcoxon, Rames [...]	D
Film debut (uncredited) of Robert Vaughn (Spearman/Hebrew at Golden Calf).	D
Charlton Heston and Dame Judith Anderson appeared together again in Elizabeth the Queen (1968).	D
In the scene in which God writes the Ten Commandments, the voice says "Lord thy God". The Hebrew wri [...]	D
According to associate producer/Pentaur actor, Henry Wilcoxon, the voice of God on Mount Sinai was n [...]	D
This was one of the few of his own movies that Yul Brynner loved. According to his son Rock Brynner, [...]	D
"The Ten Commandments" along with Ben-Hur (1959), Barabba (1961), GesÃ¹ di Nazareth (1977), Quo Va [...]	D
In 1960, 12 credited cast members were awarded stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: Charlton Heston, [...]	D
Mike Sill: One of the men helping to carry the Golden Calf.	D
There was a long-standing joke on the set of this movie that if it were a hit, it would all be due t [...]	D
Gloria Swanson was originally cast as Memnet, but she left because she was having trouble getting a [...]	D
Martha Scott, who played Charlton Heston's mother in this movie and "Ben-Hur (1959)," was only ten y [...]	D
This movie contains one of the earliest Hollywood depictions of interracial romance without a white [...]	D
Originally, when Elmer Bernstein was orchestrating the music to accompany the Great Exodus of the sl [...]	D
Final film of Herbert Heyes.	D
Claudette Colbert, Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, Rosemary DeCamp, Irene Dunne, Merle Oberon, and Alexi [...]	D
Several scenes were matted together from scenes shot on-location in Egypt and scenes shot at the Par [...]	D
Because the only widescreen process that Paramount Pictures used at the time was VistaVision, the sc [...]	D
H.B. Warner: Amminadab, an old Hebrew man about to die in the desert, during the Exodus sequence. At [...]	D
Final film of Paula Morgan.	D
By the time they appeared in this film, four cast members had been nominated for the Academy Award a [...]	D
While Edith Head's revealing costume designs were scandalous by 1956 standards, they would have been [...]	D
It was referenced in the book two of John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell's March graphic novel [...]	D
Prints of this film contained a unique mark that appeared in the upper-right corner twice at the sta [...]	D
The illusion of the Red Sea parting was achieved by large "dump tanks" that were flooded, then the f [...]	D
The orgy sequence was so difficult to film, partly because Cecil B. DeMille wanted it to look like a [...]	D
When Woody Strode reported to work, he gave Cecil B. DeMille an antique Bible that Strode's wife had [...]	D
Set in the 13th century BCE.	D
Vincent Price said, "I felt that if I hadn't worked in a Cecil B. DeMille picture, I really wasn't a [...]	D
Included in the book "The New York Times Guide to the Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made" (2004).	D
Henry Corden, the voice of Fred Flintstone in many Hanna-Barbera productions, played a sheikh of Sin [...]	D
The only Best Picture Oscar nominee that year to be also nominated for Best Visual Effects.	D
Special effects man William Sapp was not involved with creating the burning bush, which was handled [...]	D
Final film of H.B. Warner (Amminadab).	D
Apart from Charlton Heston and John Derek, almost no leading and major supporting parts were actuall [...]	D
At the concluding scene, when Moses is saying goodbye, he gives Eliazar the five books (Torah) he ha [...]	D
Despite being credited as costume designers, John L. Jensen and Arnold Friberg did not work primaril [...]	D
At the end of the movie, after Charlton Heston as Moses has turned over leadership of the Israelites [...]	D
This was highest-earning live-action movie after Via col vento (1939), until Tutti insieme appassion [...]	D
Audrey Hepburn was originally slated for the role of Nefretiri. Producer and director Cecil B. DeMil [...]	D
Final film of Adeline De Walt Reynolds.	D
Adjusted for inflation, it is the most financially successful Biblical movie.	D
Disney animator Joshua Meador was loaned out to Paramount Pictures to animate the Pillar of Fire. In [...]	D
According to the script, the names of Jethro's seven daughters are Sephora, Saada, Iyda, Nura, Nassu [...]	D
Final film of Paul Harvey (Royal Physician).	D
Final film of Inez Palange.	D
It is generally believed by many scholars that Moses most likely lived in the period of the New King [...]	D
Final film of Dorothy Andre.	D
One day in Griffith Park in Los Angeles, a casting director for this movie approached Jack Peters an [...]	D
When Yul Brynner was told he would be playing Pharaoh Rameses II opposite Charlton Heston's Moses, a [...]	D
The only movie of 1956 to be Oscar-nominated for Best Picture and not Best Director.	D
The sequence of the Red Sea covering the Egyptians was achieved in one take as the stunt people, act [...]	D
Edward G. Robinson said Cecil B. DeMille saved his career by hiring him for this movie. Robinson had [...]	D
Adjusted for inflation, this is the seventh highest grossing movie of all time, after Via col vento [...]	D
In his 1995 autobiography, Charlton Heston expressed he considered his role of Moses as, "Generally [...]	D
In an interview, Debra Paget said: "Of course, Cecil B. DeMille was a great director - I worked with [...]	D
Produced at a then-staggering cost of $13 million, it became Paramount Pictures' highest-grossing mo [...]	D
Rachel Ames, Anne Bancroft, Anne Baxter, Shirley Booth, Diane Brewster, Peggie Castle, June Claywort [...]	D
Although the film crew travelled to Egypt to shoot significant portions of the Sinai, Exodus, and Re [...]	D
Cecil B. DeMille and Yvonne De Carlo became very good friends; he admired her acting talent and beau [...]	D
The script's original prologue was longer and more elaborate than the one that was edited for this m [...]	D
This was Cecil B. DeMille's only movie made in widescreen. In 1952, when Il piÃ¹ grande spettacolo [...]	D
In her 1976 autobiography "Intermission: A True Story", Anne Baxter wrote that she wore a "skin-dyed [...]	D
Charlton Heston personally requested that Cecil B. DeMille let him be the voice of God, at the scene [...]	D
Because numerous scenes required multiple cameras to run simultaneously, Paramount Pictures had the [...]	D
This was composer Elmer Bernstein's first major project. Bernstein had just had some success with hi [...]	D
Florine Carlan's debut.	D
Anne Baxter and Yvonne De Carlo, this movie's two leading ladies, had always wanted to act in a Ceci [...]	D
Until La passione di Cristo (2004), this movie was the highest-grossing religious epic in history, e [...]	D
The cloud visual effects used during the parting of the Red Sea scenes were used in various movies b [...]	D
As a promotion for this movie, Paramount Pictures' publicity department gave grants to state and loc [...]	D
When adjusted for inflation, this is the top grossing movie in the U.S. that has not benefited from [...]	D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2001 list of 400 movies nominated for the top 100 Most [...]	D
According to Charlton Heston (in his autobiography), after four days of filming the Golden Calf scen [...]	D
The red smoke on top of Mt. Sinai, which symbolized God's presence on the mountain, was a matted spe [...]	D
No one received on-screen credit for the voice of God. Various people have either claimed or been ru [...]	D
The last line of the film "Proclaim liberty throughout all the land, unto all the inhabitants thereo [...]	D
Martha Scott played the mother of John Carradine, Olive Deering, and Charlton Heston's characters. S [...]	D
The Pillar of Fire (in the Red Sea and Ten Commandments sequences) was created with cel animation. D [...]	D
Included amongst the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider.	D
Film debut of Joanna Merlin.	D
The spoken prologue by Cecil B. DeMille is meant to draw parallels between the story of Moses and th [...]	D
Esther Brown was a student of University of California, Los Angeles when Cecil B. DeMille cast her a [...]	D
In his 1995 autobiography "In the Arena" Charlton Heston admitted he probably would not have been ca [...]	D
One scene includes a weathered, brown, stepped pyramid. Several similar pyramids were built hundreds [...]	D
The Paramount mountain at the beginning of this movie was a stylized version of the studio's logo. T [...]	D
Charlton Heston played the lead in La guerra privata del maggiore Benson (1955) during the summer of [...]	D
The orgy sequence took three weeks to film.	D
Although passed by the British Board of Film Censors with a "U" certificate on 13 February 1957, Par [...]	D
Cecil B. DeMille's original choice for Moses was William Boyd, best known as "Hopalong Cassidy". Boy [...]	D
Cecil B. DeMille's first and favorite choice for the part of Lilia was MGM contract player Pier Ange [...]	D
Ann Blyth, Vanessa Brown, Joan Evans, Rhonda Fleming, Coleen Gray, Jane Griffiths, Jean Marie, Vivie [...]	D
The expression "the son of your body" for a biological offspring is based on inscriptions found in M [...]	D
This is the only movie based on a Bible story to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture [...]	D
Henry Wilcoxon's wife Joan Woodbury was cast as Korah's wife in the Golden Calf sequence.	D
Lyn Guild's debut.	D
In June 2008, this was ranked #10 on the American Film Institute's list of the ten greatest movies i [...]	D
Babette Bain: Little Miriam.	D
Charlton Heston and Anne Baxter were born in 1923, the year in which Cecil B. DeMille released I die [...]	D
Final film of Kathryn Sheldon.	D
Cecil B. DeMille was reluctant to cast anyone who had appeared in Twentieth Century Fox's Sinuhe l'e [...]	D
There is a longstanding rumor that future Cuban dictator Fidel Castro was an extra in this movie, po [...]	D
The golden fabric Baka describes was likely sea silk. It is woven from the filaments (byssi) of a bi [...]	D
Sir Cedric Hardwicke was awarded a knighthood in 1934. He was the only knighted cast member of this [...]	D
Flora Robson was considered for Memnet, and Bette Davis was interviewed. Cecil B. DeMille's casting [...]	D
Charlton Heston said that he had nine different beards throughout filming.	D
Although she felt she was miscast in the role of Nefretiri (because of her Irish features), Anne Bax [...]	D
In 1999, this movie was added to the National Film Registry by the United States Library of Congress [...]	D
The Hebrews' trumpeting sound as they depart Egypt was also heard in Il ritorno dello Jedi (1983).	D

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