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Filmmaker Cecil. B. DeMille built an enormous Egyptian city for his 1923 film "The Ten Commandments" in the California sand dunes and then buried it so no one else could use it.
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THEODORE ROBERTS as Moses in THE TEN COMMANDMENTS 1923 director CECIL B. DeMILLE story JEANIE MACPHERSON Silent Epic Movie Famous Players - Lasky Corporation / Paramount Pictures Stock Photo - Alamy
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Amazon.com: The Ten Commandments 1923 Anniversary Edition - Bonus Short- Cecil B. DeMille presents The 10 Commandments : Richard Dix, Theodore Roberts, Charles de Rochefort, Estelle Taylor, Rod La Rocque, Leatrice Joy,
![Julia Faye, Terrence Moore, and Charles De Roche in THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, 1923 - Cecil B. DeMille Photographs - Margaret Herrick Library Digital Collections Julia Faye, Terrence Moore, and Charles De Roche in THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, 1923 - Cecil B. DeMille Photographs - Margaret Herrick Library Digital Collections](https://digitalcollections.oscars.org/digital/api/singleitem/image/p15759coll14/110/default.jpg)