The Ten Commandments.

DEMILLE, Cecil B; Anne Baxter; Yul Brynner; Yvonne De Carlo; Charlton Heston; Edward G. Robinson.

$1,600.00

Item Number: 147207

Piccadilly Circus: VistaVision, 1957.

Rare official Royal Premiere program for the 1957 production of Cecil B. DeMille’s epic religious drama ‘The Ten Commandments,’ presented in the presence of Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Gloucester in aid of The British Red Cross Society. Small folio, original wrappers, illustrated. Signed by five of the principal actors on the front panel of the full-color double gatefold insert: Charlton Heston (Moses), Yul Brynner (Ramses), Anne Baxter (Nefretiri), Edward G. Robinson (Dathan), and Yvonne De Carlo (Sephora). In very good condition with some rubbing to the front panel, slight splitting to the staple binding, light toning to the rear panel. Accompanied by a ticket for the performance, which is in very good condition.

Between 1914 and 1958 American film director, producer and actor Cecil B. DeMille 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. The year 1956 saw the release of 'The Ten Commandments' based on the 1949 novel 'Prince of Egypt' by Dorothy Clarke Wilson, the 1859 novel 'Pillar of Fire' by J. H. Ingraham, the 1937 novel 'On Eagle's Wings' by A. E. Southon, and the Bible's Book of Exodus. In 1957, the film was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects with actors Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, and Yvonne De Carlo each winning awards for their respective appearances in the film.