The Ten Commandments, produced by Cecil B. DeMille – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This vintage poster of The Ten Commandments, produced by Cecil B. DeMille brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The Ten Commandments, produced by Cecil B. DeMille
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The Ten Commandments poster promotes Cecil B. DeMille's 1923 silent epic, a film that set a modern Biblical story against a tale of two brothers in the San Francisco of its own day. DeMille, already known for lavish spectacle, staged the Exodus and the parting of the Red Sea on a scale few studios attempted, and the film's success helped establish the Biblical epic as a Hollywood genre. The poster's bold color and dramatic imagery were meant to draw crowds in an era when movie advertising relied heavily on painted illustration and eye-catching display. Its undated printing and unknown printer make it a useful example of how studios marketed their films to the public.
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color ; 28 x 36 cm. |
|---|---|
| Notes | [S.l. : s.n., 1923] |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 5,110 × 4,093 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-226486 |
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