Julia Faye

The Ten Commandments, 1923 film directed by Cecil B. DeMille

The Ten Commandments, 1923 epic film directed by Cecil B. DeMille

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The Ten Commandments is a 1923 American silent religious, epic film and produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille. Written by Jeanie MacPherson, the film is divided into two parts: a prologue recreating the biblical story of the Exodus and a modern story concerning two brothers and their respective views of the Ten Commandments. Lauded for its “immense and stupendous”… Read more →

Dynamite, 1929 directed by Cecil B. DeMille

Dynamite, 1929 directed by Cecil B. DeMille

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Dynamite is a 1929 American pre-Code drama film produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Conrad Nagel, Kay Johnson, Charles Bickford, and Julia Faye. Written by Jeanie MacPherson, John Howard Lawson, and Gladys Unger, the film is about a convicted murderer scheduled to be executed, whom a socialite marries simply to satisfy a condition of her grandfather’s will…. Read more →