When Moses went through DeMille.

Date

2023-04

Journal Title

Journal ISSN

Volume Title

Publisher

Abstract

CECIL B. DEMILLE had a problem. He had already cast all the roles for his forthcoming blockbuster about the Exodus story, The Ten Commandments, but he had yet to find a suitable voice for God. According to the Bible, it was when standing before the burning bush at Sinai that Moses, by then a shepherd in Midian, was first addressed by the divine. Who, then, could provide a voice that was suitable for the Almighty? Scott Eyman's biography of DeMille, Empire of Dreams, informs us that the great director was flummoxed.

Description

Article

Keywords

Moses (Bible), Cecil B. Demille, Exodus story, The Ten Commandments, Noerdlinger, Henry

Citation

Soloveichik, M. Y. (2023, April). When Moses went through DeMille. Commentary Magazine, 155(4), 17-18. https://www.commentary.org/articles/ meir-soloveichik/moses-exodus-passover-cecil-demille