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Pieterskerk (Peter's Church) is an impressive Gothic church in Leiden, built largely in the 15th century. It's famous for many things, including a restored van Hagerbeer organ, one of the few meantone-tuned organs, as well as the final resting places of English Puritan leader John Robinson*, Dutch physician Hermanus Boerhaave, and painter Jan Steen.
* In the 17th c., Holland was a tolerant refuge for English Puritans. English pastor John Robinson (1575 to 1625) founded a church in Leiden in 1609, where he dreamt of leading his congregation to the New World (America) free of religious prosecution. This group of religious and political dissenters were known as the Pilgrim Fathers. In 1620, the Pilgrim Fathers arrived in the United States on the Mayflower, but Pastor Robinson was too ill to be on the ship. He died and was buried in Leiden's Pieterskerk in 1625.
"The Magnificent Seven", "Steve McQueen", "James Coburn", "Horst Buchholz", "Yul Brynner", "Brad Dexter", "Robert Vaughn", "Charles Bronson", acrylic on canvas, by Fin Collins, part of the "Film Icons Collection", www.filmiconsgallery.com/
Acting website www.irishfilmactress.com/
Moses was given the Ten Commandments by God on Mount Sinai in order for people to live a life of integrity and peace.
"He declared to you his covenant, the Ten Commandments, which he commanded you to follow and then wrote them on two stone tablets." (Deuteronomy 4:13)
The Ten Commandments is displayed outside of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, 243 Abington Avenue, Newark, NJ.
Photograph Copyright 2011 Loci B. Lenar
German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 681/5. Photo: Paramount-Film / National-Verleih. Charles de Rochefort as Pharao Ramses in The Ten Commandments (Cecil B. DeMille, 1923). Caption: The Egyptians pursue the exiting Jews.
Charles de Rochefort (1887-1952) was a star of the French silent cinema. He appeared in 34 films between 1911 and 1932. In 1923 he went to the US and made several films in Hollywood. After his return to France, he became a film director of sound films.
Dutch postcard. Photo: Edward G. Robinson as Dathan in The Ten Commandments (Cecil B. deMille, 1956), released in Dutch as De Tien Geboden.
Spanish card, 2004. Photo: Paramount. Charlton Heston and Yul Brynner in The Ten Commandments (Cecil B. DeMille, 1956).
The Ten Commandments (1956) was director and producer Cecil B. DeMille's last and most successful film, a partial remake of his 1923 silent film of the same title. It was filmed on location in Egypt, Mount Sinai and the Sinai Peninsula, shot in VistaVision with colour by Technicolor. The film dramatises the biblical story of the life of Moses, an adopted Egyptian prince who becomes the deliverer of his real brethren, the enslaved Hebrews. He leads the Exodus to Mount Sinai, where he receives, from God, the Ten Commandments. Charlton Heston played Moses, Yul Brynner played his jealous half-brother Rameses II and Anne Baxter the Egyptian throne princess Nefretiri.
Based on the Holy Scriptures, with additional dialogue by several other hands, The Ten Commandments (Cecil B. DeMille, 1956) tells the story of Moses, leader of the Hebrews, considered to have been a prophet by Jews, Christians and Muslims. He is thought to have lived in Egypt, in or around the 14th century BC. The older he became, the more Cecil B. DeMille was convinced that he had been put on Earth to do God’s will. He decided to remake The Ten Commandments, in response, he claimed, to scores of imploring letters: “The world needs a reminder, they said, of the Law of God.” Charlton Heston, who had previously worked with DeMille in The Greatest Show on Earth (Cecil B. DeMille, 1952), won the part of Moses after he impressed DeMille at his audition with his knowledge of ancient Egypt. The film follows Moses from the time he was discovered in the bull rushes as an infant by the Pharaoh's daughter, to his long, hard struggle to free the Hebrews from their slavery at the hands of the Egyptians. Heston was also chosen to be the voice of God in the form of a burning bush, toned down to a softer and lower register. As soon as Heston announced to DeMille that his wife Lydia was pregnant, Heston's newborn son, Fraser (1955), was cast by DeMille. Fraser Heston was three months old during filming. Edward G. Robinson was cast as Dathan, Yvonne De Carlo as Sephora, Debra Paget as Lilia, and John Derek as Joshua. The film features Sir Cedric Hardwicke as Sethi, Nina Foch as Bithiah, Martha Scott as Yoshebel, Judith Anderson as Memnet, and Vincent Price as Baka. For the large crowd shots, at least 14,000 extras and 15,000 animals were used.
In 1957, The Ten Commandments was nominated for seven Oscars, including Best Picture. John P. Fulton, head of the special effects department at Paramount, won the Academy Award for his effects. Fulton’s effects included the building of Sethi’s Jubilee treasure city, the Burning Bush, the fiery hail from a cloudless sky, the Angel of Death, the composites of the Exodus, the Pillar of Fire, the giving of the Ten Commandments, and the highlight, the parting of the Red Sea. The production, at the time incredibly expensive with a budget of $13 million, grossed $122.7 million at the box office. It was re-released in 1966 and 1972, and one more time in 1989. The liberties taken with the biblical story of Exodus nor its nearly four-hour length has had any effect on its popularity. According to Guinness World Records, in terms of theatrical exhibition, The Ten Commandments (1956) is the seventh most successful film of all time when the box office gross is adjusted for inflation. During production, DeMille had customarily spread out prints of paintings by Lawrence Alma-Tadema to inform his set designers of the look he wanted to achieve. However, in terms of accuracy about Moses and his time, The Ten Commandments is patchy. Alex von Tunzelmann in The Guardian: “It's amazing how much the fashions of New Kingdom Egypt seem to resemble those of 1956. DeMille can just about be forgiven for the makeup because ancient Egyptians did indeed paint their eyelids, lips and nails, but he is pushing it by dressing dancing girls in fluorescent green bikinis. At least the spectacular scenes filmed on location in Egypt and Sinai, with thousands of extras, lend the whole thing a sense of authenticity.” Hal Erickson at AllMovie: “DeMille's The Ten Commandments may not be the most subtle and sophisticated entertainment ever concocted, but it tells its story with a clarity and vitality that few Biblical scholars have ever been able to duplicate. It is very likely the most eventful 219 minutes ever recorded to film - and who's to say that Nefertiri (Anne Baxter) didn't make speeches like, "Oh, Moses, Moses, you splendid, stubborn, adorable fool"?” During the production in Egypt, Cecil B. DeMille had a colossal heart attack. The doctor insisted that he spend the next two weeks flat on his back in an oxygen tent, and then recuperate for several weeks after that. Typically, DeMille took no notice and was back at work the next morning. He finished filming The Ten Commandments on the day after his 74th birthday. But although he lived for another five years, his health never recovered. On 20 January 1959, his doctor paid him a visit and suggested he should go straight to the hospital. “No,” DeMille told him. “I think I’ll go to the morgue instead.” He died the next day.
Sources: Hal Erickson (AllMovie), John Preston (The Telegraph), Alex von Tunzelmann (The Guardian), Wikipedia, and IMDb.
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Moses brought the Ten Commandments down from the mountain to the Israelites and the Church of God of Prophecy put them on a mountain in southwestern North Carolina!!! The 210 acres of land is called "Fields of the Wood" and is situated 13 miles northeast of Ducktown TN and 18 miles west of Murphy NC on Hwy 294.
There are 325 concrete steps to climb to go from the parking area to the ground level behind the commandment and yes; Angie and I climbed them all and back down to the Jeep and Sawyer patiently waiting in the shade of the trees!!! While it was only 70 degrees; the sun was very warm especially when climbing stairs or confined in a vehicle!
I visited Universal Studios in Los Angeles in the summer of 1969.
The main attractions were a tour around the back lot and movie props.
I'm standing in the chariot from the movie "The Ten Commandments".
Italian postcard by Casa Editrice Ballerini & Fratini (B.F.F. Edit.), no. 120. Photo: Films Paramount. Nita Naldi in The Ten Commandments (Cecil B. De Mille, 1923). Collection: Marlene Pilaete.
On 6 June 2023, you will find more pictures and stories about American silent film actress Nita Naldi in a new La Collectionneuse post on our blog European Film Star Postcards!
Dutch postcard by Uitg. Takken, no. AX 3871. Photo: Paramount. Publicity still for The Ten Commandments (Cecil B. DeMille, 1956).
Yul Brynner (Юлий Борисович Бринер, 1920–1985) was a Russian-born United States-based film and stage actor. He was best known for his portrayal of the King Mongkut of Siam in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The King and I. He played the role 4,625 times on stage and won two Tony Awards. For the film version, The King and I (Walter Lang, 1956), he also won the Academy Award. He quickly gained superstar status with his roles as Rameses II in the blockbuster The Ten Commandments (Cecil B. DeMille, 1956) and General Bounine in the historical drama Anastasia (Anatole Litvak, 1956) opposite Ingrid Bergman, and made the 'Top 10 Stars of the Year' list in both 1957 and 1958. Later roles include Chris Adams in the Western The Magnificent Seven (John Sturges, 1960) and a gunslinger robot in the Science fiction Western-thriller Westworld (Michael Crichton, 1973). Brynner was noted for his distinctive voice and for his shaved head, which he maintained as a personal trademark long after adopting it in 1951 for his role in The King and I. Earlier, he was a model and television director, and later a photographer and the author of two books. Brynner married four times, and had a long affair with Marlene Dietrich.
Source: Wikipedia.
En el DVD de los 10 mandamientos una compañia de telefonia quiso hacer unos cambios por patrocinar la restauracion de la pelicula, el nuncio del Papa casi los capa, al final no lo veremos pero la idea era enviar los 10 mandamientos a Mosises por SMS
German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 681/6. Photo: Paramount-Film / National-Verleih. Theodore Roberts as Moses (right on the rock) in The Ten Commandments (Cecil B. DeMille, 1923). Caption: The Children of Israel at the Red Sea.
Theodore Roberts (1861–1928) was an American stage and screen actor, who is known for his many parts in films by Cecil B. DeMille and his brother William.
"The Ten Commandments", "Cecil B. Demille", "Charlton Heston", "Yul Brynner", "Anne Baxter", "Vincent Price", "Nina Foch", "Debra Paget", "John Derek", acrylic on canvas, by Fin Collins, part of The Film Icons Collection www.filmiconsgallery.com/
Acting website www.irishfilmactress.com/
I visited Universal Studios in Los Angeles in the summer of 1969.
The main attractions were a tour around the back lot and movie props.
Judy trying to pull a chariot from the movie "The Ten Commandments".
Leiden, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, October 2012
Het Egypte van Hollywood (Hollywood's Egypt), an exhibition of Ancient Egypt in film history.
Dress designed by Edith Head and worn by Princess Bithia (Nina Foch, who herself was a native from Leiden) in Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments (1956). Pleated lamé and metal. Larry McQueen, Collection of Motion Picture Costume Design, Los Angeles, CA.
A screen shot of the television during the annual broadcast of "The Ten Commandments," back in 1980. This was a multiple exposure on one negative. This movie happens to be my all-time most favorite movie - I've seen it over 50 times at least. During it's 10-year re-release, I even got to see it at the theater in 1966. I was only 5 at the time, but I remember it.
Camera: Minolta XD11
Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.2
Film: Kodak Kodacolor 100 ASA 35mm film
Shooting program: Manual (of course!)
Date: April 6th, 1980
Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A.
Minolta KSF 5035 Easter 1980 17gf
The Ten Commandments of Progressive Media
I am the future of multi-platform content
You shall have no other media formats before me
You shall not make yourself a transmedia idol
You shall not forsake humanity and it's story for new technological idols
You shall not worship at the waterholes of over funded heritage media
You shall not steal and produce progressive media ideas from those less able to
Honor the consumer by living in and truly understanding their media use
You shall not take progressive media in vain by using it to only advertise traditional content
Remember the importance of game, play and story and keep it social
You shall not call thyself progressive media producer by copying and re-skinning the same linear media onto all platforms
You shall not bear false witness against those endeavour to create real media advances
Words regarding the Ten Commandments from US President Harry S. Truman, 1945-1953:
"The basis for our Bill of Rights comes from the teachings we get from Exodus and
St. Matthew, from Isaiah and St. Paul. I don't think we can emphasize that enough
these days. If we don't have a proper founded moral background, we will finally end
up with a government, which does not believe in rights for anybody except the state."
"I believe in a moral code based on the Ten Commandments found in the 20th chapter of
Exodus, and on the fifth, sixth, and seventh chapters of the Gospel according to St. Matthew,
which is the Sermon on the Mount. I believe a man ought to live by those precepts, which, if
followed, will enable a man to do right. I don’t know whether I have followed these precepts
or not, but I have tried. I believe that the fundamental basis for a happy life with family and
friends is to treat others as you would like to be treated, speak truthfully, act honorably,
and keep commitments to the letter."
See: thisibelieve.org/essay/17058/
From Pres. Truman's Address Before the Attorney General's Conference
on Law Enforcement Problems on February 15, 1950:
"The fundamental basis of this Nation's law was given to Moses on the Mount. The fundamental
basis of our Bill of Rights comes from the teachings which we get from Exodus and St. Matthew,
from Isaiah and St. Paul. I don't think we emphasize that enough these days. If we don't have the
proper fundamental moral background, we will finally wind up with a totalitarian government which does not believe in rights for anybody except the state."
See: www.trumanlibrary.org/publicpapers/index.php?pid=657&...
"For the Communist philosophy feeds upon suspicion and hate and disunity. And the
Communists are doing their best to break down the strength of the free nations of the
world, in an effort to bring more people under the domination of their godless creed.
The greatest bulwark we have to offset the spread of this godless creed is our belief in
a moral code, expressed in the 20th Chapter of Exodus and the Sermon on the Mount.
It has been because of our faith, and the faith of the people of other free nations under
the law of God, that the tenets of communism have been rejected."
See: www.trumanlibrary.org/publicpapers/index.php?pid=756&...
and From the Harry S. Truman - Inaugural Address - January 20, 1949:
Two Bibles were used in the inaugural ceremony-the Bible used at the swearing-in
of the President on April 12, 1945, and a Gutenberg Bible presented by the citizens
of Independence, Mo. The President's left hand rested on both Bibles while he took
the oath. The Bible used at the swearing-in of the President was open at
Matthew 5, verses 3-11. The Gutenberg Bible was open at Exodus 20, verses 3-17.
And a song too... enjoy: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMgLH316HJ8
Was Charlton Heston in "Secret of the Incas" the visual inspiration for Indiana Jones?
Let's see.
Fedora? Check.
Beat up leather jacket? Check.
Ascot/scarf? Uh, no.
Two out of tree ain't bad, I guess.
And another thing...is "Raiders of the Lost Ark" the sequel to "The Ten Commandments"?
Just asking.
And for those cinematic fact checkers who may take umbrage because of my using "Secret of The Incas" (1954), which actually preceded "The Ten Commandments" (1956) in the theaters as part of the punchline for this particular piece of photographic fluff, I would direct them to E.B. White:
"Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it."
Dutch postcard by Gebr. Spanjersberg N.V., Rotterdam, no. 5194. Anne Baxter in The Ten Commandments (Cecil B. DeMille, 1956). Collection: Marlène Pilaete.
American film star Anne Baxter is the leading lady of a new La Collectionneuse post at our blog European Film Star Postcards. Check her out on 30 June 2024.
"Dear Friends and Family. As I sit here doing magic in a WICCA chair....about to receive my very first Oscar for the part of the Infant Moses in the "Wallace and Gromit" version of the "Ten Commandments" I should like to thank the producer Robert hoover, Egyptian Makeup by sonofthemummy, henry for the part of the adult Moses, Isisunvied for playing my mummy and The Fairy Kay~Harpa for pushing me and believing in my acting potential!
I would also like to give a huge thanks to Pop it in Paul the Postman, Sterilised Stan the Milkman, Muzz Madame Henrietta Manita Diaz for drenching me in lavender oil when I didnt think I would get through my lines, Fikkadella for allowing me to stroke her hamster when I am strressed, Wes (Hairlover) for making sure my coat was shiny and in tip top condition and finally Colorization by Walker Dukes.
"Next month I shall be going to Hollywood to make a film...but dont think I shant be coming back, to you. For you are the ones who hold my heart. I shall be back to claim it...that is...if you WANT me back..."
Anti-God court asks school district to pay $164,000 in legal fees and to remove this 50 year old 6-foot stone Ten Commandments monument in violation of God's law: Deuteronomy 11:19 And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 20And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates:...............................................
Exodus Chapter 20 King James Version (KJV)
Verse#1 And God spake all these words, saying,
2 I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
7 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
13 Thou shalt not kill. (murder)
14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.
15 Thou shalt not steal.
16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
18 And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.
19 And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die. ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Bible record of Joshua 24:15 King James Version (KJV):
"And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord."
Sincerely: "KiskiPlanter" 2017
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Iguig, Cagayan
On top of the list is the town of Iguig where the old St. James the Greater Parish and the popular Station of the Cross can be seen.
The Calvary Hills of Iguig, which boasts of 11 hectares of rolling terrain upon which lie close to six-meter high statues depicting the 14 stations of the Cross.
Created in 1982 following the idea of parish priest Rogelio Cortez, the statues are colorful and life-like, providing a memorable destination for Lent. From the hills, one can have a view of the Cagayan River and the surrounding countryside.
The statues stretch out four hectares behind the Church of San Antonio de Galicia, one of the few remaining Catholic churches in the country that feature a buttress.
The Church of San Antonio de Galicia is a masterpiece in bricks. Said to have been built from1765 to 1787, its facade seems to have a story of its own, waiting to be discovered by anyone who sets foot inside.
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We bezoeken het bedevaartsoord van Iguig in de provincie Cayagan. Deze plaats wordt druk bezocht door Philippinos tijdens de 'Holy Week'. We bezoeken de kerk en de beroemde kruisweg, levensgroot uitgebeeld in een grote grasweide achter de kerk.
We are visiting Iguig in the Province of Cayagan. It's a famous place for Philippinos and Roman Catholic pelgrims during the Holy Week.
On top of the list is the town of Iguig where the old St. James the Greater Parish and the popular Station of the Cross can be seen.
Not posted a Vignette shot for a while.
I bobbed into the National Media Museum in Bradford last week while over that way for work. A couple of very interesting exhibitions on at the mo...particularly one by Daniel Meadows...well worth a trip out if you have the time.
Vignette app; Normal mode; Ilford filter.
Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK.
1 December, 2011.
My Vignette set.
Vintage Italian postcard. Ballerini & Fratini, Firenze Ed., 120. Films Paramount. Nita Naldi in The Ten Commandments (Cecil B. deMille, 1923).
With her exotic looks, Nita Naldi (1894-1961) was one of the most famous Hollywood vamps of the 1920s. She notably co-starred with Rudolph Valentino in three movies. Interestingly enough, she also had a leading role in an early Alfred Hitchcock film. About her career, she once wittily declared: "They had ermine tails and paradises in my hair and a couple of snakes coiled around my neck. In real life, believe me, any man of sensibilities would have run 20 miles to get out of my sight".