Forgotten Commandments

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Forgotten Commandments
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Directed by Louis J. Gasnier
William Schorr
Screenplay by James B. Fagan
Agnes Brand Leahy
Starring Sari Maritza
Gene Raymond
Marguerite Churchill
Irving Pichel
Harry Beresford
Kent Taylor
Cinematography Karl Struss
Music byHerman Hand
Rudolph G. Kopp
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • May 22, 1932 (1932-05-22)
Running time
75 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Forgotten Commandments is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Louis J. Gasnier and William Schorr and written by James B. Fagan and Agnes Brand Leahy. The film stars Sari Maritza, Gene Raymond, Marguerite Churchill, Irving Pichel, Harry Beresford and Kent Taylor. The film was released on May 22, 1932, by Paramount Pictures. [1] [2]

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Overview

The framework story serves as a backdrop to a retelling of the Exodus tale and, more importantly, to the recycling of footage from the silent version of The Ten Commandments.

Cast

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References

  1. "Movie Review - Forgotten Commandments - Sari Maritza, a Continental Film Favorite, in Her First American Picture, a Drama of Soviet Russia. - NYTimes.com". nytimes.com. Retrieved February 22, 2015.
  2. "Forgotten Commandments (1932) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved February 22, 2015.