Behind the Scenes With Charlton Heston and “The Ten Commandments”

Posted on March 16, 2016 at 6:26 pm

The scale of the epic “Ten Commandments” meant a record-breaking budget.

Yul Brynner and Charlton Heston

Cecil B. DeMille on the set of “The Ten Commandments”

Charlton Heston as Moses confers with director Cecil B. DeMille

All images Copyright Paramount 1956

“The Ten Commandments” is coming back to theaters for two days only, March 20 and 23, 2016, in more than 650 cinemas nationwide. Truly, this is a film that must be seen on the big screen to experience the epic scope and grand vision of director Cecil B. DeMille and the towering performance of Charlton Heston as Moses. It was selected by movie fans as the greatest Biblical movie of all time in a survey by MovieTickets.com.

We are honored to be able to present these rare behind-the-scenes photos from the making of the film.

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