Photo, Print, Drawing Cecil B. DeMille's production The Ten Commandments

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Title
Cecil B. DeMille's production The Ten Commandments
Summary
Motion picture poster for "The Ten Commandments" shows Charlton Heston as Moses holding two tablets containing the 10 commandments over his head, about to dash them on the rocks where he stands in response to the revelry and worshipping of false idols among his followers.
Created / Published
U.S.A. : [s.n.], c1956.
Subject Headings
-  Heston, Charlton--Performances
-  Moses--(Biblical leader)
-  Ten commandments
-  Biblical events
Headings
Motion picture posters--American--1950-1960.
Offset photomechanical prints--Color--1950-1960.
Notes
-  Title from item.
-  Tagline: Paramount Pictures is proud to announce the return of the greatest family entertainment of all time!
-  Tagline: The parting of the Red Sea, the single most spectacular scene ever filmed.
-  Screen play by Aeneas MacKenzie, Jesse L. Lasky, Jack Gariss, Fredric M. Frank. Based upon the Holy Scriptures and other ancient and modern writings.
-  Directed by Cecil B. DeMille; produced by Motion Picture Associates, Inc.
-  A Paramount re-release.
-  Charlton Heston, Yul brynner, Anne Baxter, Edward G. Robinson, Yvonne De Carlo, Debra Paget, John Derek, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Nina Foch, Martha Scott, Judith Anderson, Vincent Price.
-  Copyright 1956 by Paramount Pictures Corporation.
-  No. R72/113.
Medium
1 photomechanical print (poster) : offset, color ; 104.4 x 68.8 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
POS - MOT. PIC. - 1956 .T47, no. 1 (C size) [P&P]
Repository
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id
ppmsca 19347 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.19347
cph 3b48411 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b48411
Library of Congress Control Number
2008680184
Reproduction Number
LC-DIG-ppmsca-19347 (digital file from original poster) LC-USZC2-509 (color film copy slide)
Rights Advisory
Rights status not evaluated. For general information see "Copyright and Other Restrictions ...," https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/195_copr.html
Language
English
Online Format
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Description
1 photomechanical print (poster) : offset, color ; 104.4 x 68.8 cm. | Motion picture poster for "The Ten Commandments" shows Charlton Heston as Moses holding two tablets containing the 10 commandments over his head, about to dash them on the rocks where he stands in response to the revelry and worshipping of false idols among his followers.
LCCN Permalink
https://lccn.loc.gov/2008680184
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