“THE TEN COMMANDMENTS” 1956 FEATURETTE / PREVIEW HOSTED BY DIRECTOR CECIL B. DEMILLE XD39164

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website This ten minute featurette from 1956 serves as an extended preview of Cecil B. DeMille’s forthcoming epic drama “The Ten Commandments,” narrated by DeMille himself. The director takes us on a tour of the life of Moses, illustrated with clips of the film and works of classical art. Cecil Blount DeMille (1881 – 1959) was an American film director and producer. Between 1914 and 1958, he made 70 features, both silent and sound films. He is acknowledged as a founding father of the American cinema and the most commercially successful producer-director in film history. His films were distinguished by their epic scale and by his cinematic showmanship. “The Ten Commandments” is a 1956 American epic religious drama film produced, directed, and narrated by DeMille. The film dramatizes the biblical story of the life of Moses, an adopted Egyptian prince who becomes the deliver