The Ten Commandments
The first part tells the story of Moses leading the Jews from Egypt to the Promised Land, his receipt of the tablets and the worship of the golden calf. The second part shows the efficacy of the commandments in modern life through a story set in San Francisco. Two brothers, rivals for the love of Mary, also come into conflict when John discovers Dan used shoddy materials to construct a cathedral.
Chicago
Based on a true story, two-timing boozing wife Roxie Hart kills her lover in cold blood after he leaves her, and finagles her way out being indicted. The basis for Kander/Ebb's 1975 Broadway musical of the same name and its Oscar-winning 2002 film adaptation.
Behind the Mask
A Secret Service agent nabs a scalpel-happy doctor who runs drugs in caskets.
The Younger Generation
Soap-opera about a social-climbing Jewish man and his old-world parents who are heartbroken by his rejection of them. Young Morris Goldfish follows his immigrant father into business. His ruthless business practices cause him to become a big success, and he moves the family to Park Avenue. They go, but were happier back on the East Side. Morris is ashamed of this parents and his humble origins, but learns in the end that there is more to life than money.
The Navigator
The wealthy and impulsive Rollo Treadway decides to propose to his beautiful socialite neighbor, Betsy O'Brien. Although Betsy turns Rollo down, he still opts to go on the cruise that he intended as their honeymoon. When circumstances find both Rollo and Betsy on the wrong ship, they end up having adventures on the high seas.
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Cecil B. DeMille
Director
Theodore Roberts
as
Moses - The Lawgiver - Prologue
Nita Naldi
as
Sally Lung - a Eurasian
Agnes Ayres
as
The Outcast
Clarence Burton
as
The Taskmaster - Prologue / Detective - Modern Story
Otto Lederer
as
Amos' partner
Sidney D'Albrook
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Photographer
T. Roy Barnes
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Reporter
Thomas E. Jackson
as
Agent Burke
Jean Hersholt
as
Julius Goldfish - Pa
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