The King of kings / directed by Cecil B. DeMille. [Recurso electrónico - Película]

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmLanguage: English Series: The Criterion Collection ; 266.Publisher: Estados Unidos : The Criterion Collection, 1927Description: 2 DVD (155 min.) : son., byn, col. ; 4 3/4 plgContent type:
  • rdacontent
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Other title:
  • El rey de reyes [Other title]
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • D465 K56 1927
Contents:
Special-edition double-disc set features: Disc one (1927) : New, restored high-definition digital transfer -- new score by composer Donald Sosin -- photos, advertisements, and telegrams from the film's premiere -- original press book and illustrated program -- Disc two (1928) : Ne, restored digital transfer -- ne score by composer-organist Timothy J. Tikker, plus the original score by legendary composer Hugo Riesenfeld -- rare behind-the-scenes footage of DeMille on the set -- costume and scene sketches, production and behind-the-scenes stills gallery, and a portrait gallery by set photographer W.M. Mortenser -- trailers from the film's Broadway run in New York.
Production credits:
  • Photography, J. Peverell Marley; assisted by J.A. Badaracco and Fred Westerberg; assistant director, Frank Urson; second assistants, Roy Burns and William J. Cowen; art director, Mitchell Leisen; set dresser, Theodore Dickson; costumes, Adrian, Earl Luick and Gwen Wakeling; associate film editor, Clifford Howard; editor, Anne Bauchens and Harold McLernon; research, Elizabeth McGaffrey; director, Cecil B. DeMille.
Cast: H.B. Warner (Jesus), Dorothy Cumming (Mary), Jacqueline Logan (Mary Magdalene), Rudolph Schildkraut (Caiaphas), Sam De Grasse (The Pharisee), Casson Ferguson (The Scribe), Victor Varconi (Pontius Pilate), Majel Coleman (Proculla), Montagu Love (Roman Centurion), William Boyd (Simon of Cyrene), Micky Moore (Mark), Theodore Kosloff (Malchus), George Siegmann (Barabbas), Julia Faye (Martha), Josephine Norman (Mary of Bethany), Kenneth Thomson (Lazarus)Summary: The King of Kings is the Greatest Story Ever Told as only Cecil B. DeMille could tell it. In 1927, working with one of the biggest budgets in Hollywood history, DeMille spun the life and Passion of Christ into a silent-era blockbuster. Featuring text drawn directly from the Bible, a cast of thousands, and the great showmans singular cinematic bag of tricks, The King of Kings is at once spectacular and deeply reverentpart Gospel, part Technicolor epic. The Criterion Collection is proud to present this beloved film in a two-disc edition featuring both the 112-minute general-release version and the rarely seen 155-minute cut that premiered at the grand opening of Graumans Chinese Theatre.
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Special-edition double-disc set features: Disc one (1927) : New, restored high-definition digital transfer -- new score by composer Donald Sosin -- photos, advertisements, and telegrams from the film's premiere -- original press book and illustrated program -- Disc two (1928) : Ne, restored digital transfer -- ne score by composer-organist Timothy J. Tikker, plus the original score by legendary composer Hugo Riesenfeld -- rare behind-the-scenes footage of DeMille on the set -- costume and scene sketches, production and behind-the-scenes stills gallery, and a portrait gallery by set photographer W.M. Mortenser -- trailers from the film's Broadway run in New York.

Photography, J. Peverell Marley; assisted by J.A. Badaracco and Fred Westerberg; assistant director, Frank Urson; second assistants, Roy Burns and William J. Cowen; art director, Mitchell Leisen; set dresser, Theodore Dickson; costumes, Adrian, Earl Luick and Gwen Wakeling; associate film editor, Clifford Howard; editor, Anne Bauchens and Harold McLernon; research, Elizabeth McGaffrey; director, Cecil B. DeMille.

H.B. Warner (Jesus), Dorothy Cumming (Mary), Jacqueline Logan (Mary Magdalene), Rudolph Schildkraut (Caiaphas), Sam De Grasse (The Pharisee), Casson Ferguson (The Scribe), Victor Varconi (Pontius Pilate), Majel Coleman (Proculla), Montagu Love (Roman Centurion), William Boyd (Simon of Cyrene), Micky Moore (Mark), Theodore Kosloff (Malchus), George Siegmann (Barabbas), Julia Faye (Martha), Josephine Norman (Mary of Bethany), Kenneth Thomson (Lazarus)

The King of Kings is the Greatest Story Ever Told as only Cecil B. DeMille could tell it. In 1927, working with one of the biggest budgets in Hollywood history, DeMille spun the life and Passion of Christ into a silent-era blockbuster. Featuring text drawn directly from the Bible, a cast of thousands, and the great showmans singular cinematic bag of tricks, The King of Kings is at once spectacular and deeply reverentpart Gospel, part Technicolor epic. The Criterion Collection is proud to present this beloved film in a two-disc edition featuring both the 112-minute general-release version and the rarely seen 155-minute cut that premiered at the grand opening of Graumans Chinese Theatre.

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