The Ten Commandments movie (1923 version)

This is the 1923 black and white version of The Ten Commandments produced and directed by Cecil B DeMille. The movie starts out with the Biblical account and finishes with the story of two brothers and their views of the Ten Commandments. The movie was filmed in Santa Barbara County, California and was a hit upon its release. DeMille would go on to produce two more films in this trilogy -- The King of Kings and The Sign of the Cross and he would do a remake of The Ten Commandments in 1956.

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