Casting The Ten Commandments
Cecil B. DeMille and The Ten Commandments
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9m 24s
Cecilia DeMille Presley shares stories of some of the great actors and actresses that brought Cecil B. DeMille’s films to life. Hear how the film extras were brought to tears as they relived their own history in The Ten Commandments.
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