Movie Cosmos - The King of Kings

Description:

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 showman’s singular cinematic bag of tricks, The King of Kings is at once spectacular and deeply reverent—part Gospel, part Technicolor epic.

Top Cast >

H.B. Warner

As Jesus, The Christ

Dorothy Cumming

As Mary, the Mother

Ernest Torrence

As Peter

Joseph Schildkraut

As Judas Iscariot

James Neill

As James - Brother of John

Joseph Striker

As John - the Beloved

Robert Edeson

As Matthew - the Publican

Sidney D'Albrook

As Thomas, the Doubter

Jacqueline Logan

As Mary Magdalene

Charles Belcher

As Philip

Victor Varconi

As Pontius Pilate - Governor of Judea

Montagu Love

As Roman Centurion

William Boyd

As Simon Of Cyrene

Julia Faye

As Martha

May Robson

As Mother of Gestas

Sidney Franklin

As (uncredited)

John George

As (uncredited)

Rex Ingram

As (uncredited)

Ruth Miller

As (uncredited)

Ayn Rand

As (uncredited)

Sally Rand

As Mary Magdalene's Slave (uncredited)

Mark Strong

As (uncredited)

David Imboden

As Andrew - a Fisherman

Clayton Packard

As Bartholomew

Robert Ellsworth

As Simon - the Zealot

Charles Requa

As James the Lesser

John T. Prince

As Thaddeus

Rudolph Schildkraut

As Caiaphas - High Priest of Israel

Sam De Grasse

As Pharisee

Casson Ferguson

As Scribe

Majel Coleman

As Proculla - Wife of Pilate

Michael D. Moore

As Mark (as Micky Moore)

Theodore Kosloff

As Malchus - Captain of the High Priest's Guards

George Siegmann

As Barabbas

Josephine Norman

As Mary Of Bethany

Kenneth Thomson

As Lazarus

Alan Brooks

As Satan

Viola Louie

As Adulterous Woman

Muriel McCormac

As Blind Girl

Clarence Burton

As Dysmas - the Repentant Thief

James Pier Mason

As Gestas - the Unrepentant Thief (as James Mason)

Dot Farley

As Maidservant of Caiaphas

Hector V. Sarno

As Galilean Carpenter (as Hector Sarno)

Leon Holmes

As Imbecile Boy

Otto Lederer

As Eber - a Pharisee

Bryant Washburn

As Young Roman

Lionel Belmore

As Roman Noble

Monte Collins Sr.

As Rich Judeaean

Lucio Flamma

As Gallant Of Galilee (as Luca Flamma)

Sôjin Kamiyama

As Prince Of Persia (as Sojin)

André Cheron

As Wealthy Merchant

Willy Castello

As Babylonian Noble

Noble Johnson

As Charioteer

Jim Farley

As Executioner

Winifred Greenwood

Top Crew >

Cecil B. DeMille

Director, Producer

Jeanie Macpherson

Story, Writer

Anne Bauchens

Editor

Harold McLernon

Editor

Adrian

Costume Design

Earl Luick

Costume Design

J. Peverell Marley

Director of Photography

D.W. Griffith

Assistant Director

Reviews:

CinemaSerf (7/10)

As biblical epics go, this is probably the best in my book. Cecil B. de Mille has crafted a masterpiece of silent cinema depicting the tale of the Christ from the beginnings of his journey until the resurrection. Using partly scripted and actual verses from the bible, the intertitles are expertly spaced to offer support to the dialogue when required, but largely we are left to follow the story with the grand scale imagery doing the talking for it. The detail is meticulous - costumes, sets etc, as you would expect - but the use of light and shade, particularly at the end, is magnificent. The characterisations from HB Warner as Jesus; Joseph Schildkraut (Judas) and Jacqueline Logan as the courtesan Mary Magdalene, replete with zebra-driven chariot all contribute to a rich, extensive, cast whose facial expressions carry far more weight than any words might do. Long? Well it's not, actually - the enterprise flies by (I saw it beautifully accompanied by the Sosin 2004 score) and if you've any interest in the history of cinema (or Christianity) then this is a must watch.

2022-06-06