Written in Stone:
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS 60th Anniversary
Hosted by Philip Harwood
Thursday, October 6 at 7 pm | Members $10 | Public $15
Come celebrate the 60th anniversary of the release of one of the greatest biblical epics ever with a rare BIG screen showing
Cecil B. DeMille’s legendary epic tells the story of Moses (Charlton Heston), an adopted Egyptian prince, who becomes the deliverer of the enslaved Hebrews, leading the Exodus to Mount Sinai, where he receives the ten commandments. Also starring Yul Brynner as Rameses, Anne Baxter as Nefretiri, Edward G. Robinson as Dathan, Yvonne De Carlo as Sephora, Debra Paget as Lilia, John Derek as Joshua, and a cast of thousands. Filmed on location in Egypt, Mount Sinai, and the Sinai Penninsula, the film was DeMille’s last and most successful work. Experience the thrill of the parting of the Red Sea, and the Pillar of Fire. See it again on the big screen! “So let it be written, so let it be done!” (USA, 1956, 220 min., English, NR, DCP | Dir. Cecil B. DeMille)
Philip Harwood is a Film Historian, who teaches film in the Hutton House Lectures at LIU: Post, as well as teaching film studies at the 92nd Street Y and the JCC In Manhattan. He was Coordinator for Lifelong Learning at Queens College. He is also a published author.
