The King of Kings (1927) Cecil B. DeMille (silent) torrent download






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Directed by 


Cecil B. DeMille    


  


Writing credits


Jeanie Macpherson   story 








Cast 


 H.B. Warner ...  Jesus, the Christ 


 Dorothy Cumming ...  Mary, the mother 


 Ernest Torrence ...  Peter 


 Joseph Schildkraut ...  Judas Iscariot 


 James Neill ...  James, brother of John 


 Joseph Striker ...  John, the beloved 


 Robert Edeson ...  Matthew, the publican 


 Sidney D'Albrook ...  Thomas, the doubter 


 David Imboden ...  Andrew, a fisherman 


 Charles Belcher ...  Philip 


 Clayton Packard ...  Bartholomew 


 Robert Ellsworth ...  Simon, the zealot 


 Charles Requa ...  James The Lesser 


 John T. Prince ...  Thaddeus 


 Jacqueline Logan ...  Mary Magdalene 


 Rudolph Schildkraut ...  Caiaphas, high priest of Israel 


 Sam De Grasse ...  Pharisee 


 Casson Ferguson ...  Scribe 


 Victor Varconi ...  Pontius Pilate, governor of Judea 


 Majel Coleman ...  Proculla, wife of Pilate 


 Montagu Love ...  Roman Centurion 


 William Boyd ...  Simon Of Cyrene 


 Michael D. Moore ...  Mark (as Micky Moore) 


 Theodore Kosloff ...  Malchus, captain of the high priest's guards 


 George Siegmann ...  Barabbas 


 Julia Faye ...  Martha 


 Josephine Norman ...  Mary Of Bethany 


 Kenneth Thomson ...  Lazarus 


 Alan Brooks ...  Satan 


 Viola Louie ...  Adulterous woman 


 Muriel McCormac ...  Blind girl 


 Clarence Burton ...  Dysmas, the repentant thief 


 Jim Mason ...  Gestas, the unrepentant thief (as James Mason) 


 May Robson ...  Mother of Gestas 


 Dot Farley ...  Maidservant of Caiaphas 


 Hector Sarno ...  Galilean carpenter 


 Leon Holmes ...  Imbecile boy 


 Otto Lederer ...  Eber, a Pharisee 


 Bryant Washburn ...  Young Roman 


 Lionel Belmore ...  Roman noble 


 Monte Collins ...  Rich Judeaean 


 Luca Flamma ...  Gallant Of Galilee 


 Sojin ...  Prince Of Persia 


 André Cheron ...  Wealthy merchant 


 Willy Castello ...  Babylonian noble 


 Noble Johnson ...  Charioteer 


 Jim Farley ...  Executioner 


 Richard Alexander ...  Roman soldier (uncredited) 


 Nona Arlynn ...  Waif with broken doll (uncredited) 


 Jere Austin ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Emily Barrye ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Miriam Battista ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Fred Becker ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Joseph Belmont ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Wilson Benge ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Elaine Bennett ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Marjorie Bonner ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Joe Bonomo ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Ed Brady ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Lucile Browne ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 William P. Burt ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 George Calliga ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 David Cavendish ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Fred Cavens ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Kathleen Chambers ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Edythe Chapman ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Colin Chase ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Colbert Clark ...  Roman soldier (uncredited) 


 Charles Clary ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Edna Mae Cooper ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Josephine Crowell ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Frances Dale ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Milla Davenport ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 William De Boar ...  Roman soldier (uncredited) 


 Anna De Linsky ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Victor De Linsky ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Malcolm Denny ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 James Dime ...  Roman soldier (uncredited) 


 David Dunbar ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Lillian Elliott ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Anielka Elter ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Louise Emmons ...  Crowd Extra (uncredited) 


 Ray Erlenborn ...  Boy (uncredited) 


 Jack Fife ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Budd Fine ...  Roman soldier (uncredited) 


 Redmond Finlay ...  Roman soldier (uncredited) 


 Evelyn Francisco ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Margaret Francisco ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Sidney Franklin ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Dale Fuller ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Curt Furburg ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 John George ...  Onlooker (uncredited) 


 Natalie Golitzen ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Inez Gomez ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Edna Gordon ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Julia Swayne Gordon ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Winifred Greenwood ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Bert Hadley ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Edward Hearn ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Stanton Heck ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Fred Huntley ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Brandon Hurst ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Rex Ingram ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Eulalie Jensen ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Cammilla Johnson ...  Little Girl (uncredited) 


 Jane Keckley ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Isabelle Keith ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Nora Kildare ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Lydia Knott ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Alice Knowland ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Otto Kottke ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Edward Lackey ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Celia Lapan ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Tom London ...  Roman soldier (uncredited) 


 Theodore Lorch ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Bertram Marburgh ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 James A. Marcus ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 George F. Marion ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Robert McKee ...  Roman soldier (uncredited) 


 Lal Chand Mehra ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Earl Metcalfe ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Ruth Miller ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Jack Montgomery ...  Egyptian cavalryman (uncredited) 


 Max Montor ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Alla Moskova ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Louis Natheaux ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Richard Neill ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Gertrude Norman ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Peter Norris ...  Roman soldier (uncredited) 


 Robert Ober ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Frank O'Connor ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Jack Padjan ...  Captain of the Roman Guard (uncredited) 


 Alexander Palasthy ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Patricia Palmer ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Louis Payne ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Edward Peil Sr. ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Herbert Prior ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Albert Prisco ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Gertrude Quality ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Rae Randall ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Ayn Rand ...  Extra (uncredited) 


 Sally Rand ...  Slave to Mary Magdalene (uncredited) 


 Hedwiga Reicher ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Dick Richards ...  Roman soldier (uncredited) 


 Reeka Roberts ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Warren Rogers ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Edward Schaeffer ...  Roman soldier (uncredited) 


 Peggy Schaffer ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Evelyn Selbie ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Charles Sellon ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Semone Sergis ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Tom Shirley ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Walter Shumway ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Bernard Siegel ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Philip Sleeman ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Robert St. Angelo ...  Roman soldier (uncredited) 


 Charles Stevens ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Carl Stockdale ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 William H. Strauss ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Mark Strong ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Josef Swickard ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Ann Teeman ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Barbara Tennant ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Mabel Van Buren ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Wilbert Wadleigh ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Kit Wain ...  Extra (uncredited) 


 Fred Walker ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Will Walling ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Paul Weigel ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Charles West ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 


 Stanhope Wheatcroft ...  Undetermined Role (uncredited) 





Produced by 


Cecil B. DeMille ....  producer  


  


Original Music by 


Hugo Riesenfeld    


  


Cinematography by 


J. Peverell Marley   (uncredited)  


  


Film Editing by 


Anne Bauchens   (uncredited)  


Harold McLernon   (uncredited)  


  


Production Design by 


Dan Sayre Groesback   (uncredited)  


Anton Grot   (uncredited)  


Julian Harrison   (uncredited)  


Edward C. Jewell   (uncredited)  


  


Art Direction by 


Mitchell Leisen   (uncredited)  


  


Set Decoration by 


Ted Dickson   (uncredited)  


  


Costume Design by 


Adrian   (uncredited)  


Earl Luick   (uncredited)  


Gwen Wakeling   (uncredited)  


  


Makeup Department 


Festus Phillips ....  makeup artist  


Fred C. Ryle ....  makeup artist  


Monte Westmore ....  makeup supervisor  


  


Second Unit Director or Assistant Director 


Roy Burns ....  second assistant director (uncredited)  


William J. Cowen ....  second assistant director (uncredited)  


Arthur Rosson ....  second unit director (uncredited)  


Frank Urson ....  assistant director (uncredited)  


  


Art Department 


Julian Harrison ....  assistant art director  


Julian Harrison ....  consulting artist  


Edgar G. Ulmer ....  assistant art director  


Julian Harrison ....  set designer (uncredited)  


Harold Miles ....  set designer (uncredited)  


  


Special Effects by 


Howard A. Anderson ....  special effects (uncredited)  


  


Camera and Electrical Department 


Jacob A. Badaracco ....  camera operator  


Fred Westerberg ....  camera operator  


W.M. Mortensen ....  still photographer (uncredited)  


Cliff Shirpser ....  assistant camera (uncredited)  


  


Music Department 


Josiah Zuro ....  general musical director  


  


Other crew 


Reverend George Reid Andrews ....  technical advisor (uncredited)  


Bruce Barton ....  technical advisor (uncredited)  


Reverend William E. Barton ....  technical advisor (uncredited)  


Denison Clark ....  script assistant (uncredited)  


Clifford Howard ....  script assistant (uncredited)  


Jack Jungmeyer ....  script assistant (uncredited)  


James V. King ....  title-card photographer: foreign languages (uncredited)  


Daniel A. Lord ....  technical advisor (uncredited)  


Elizabeth McGaffey ....  researcher (uncredited)  


Norman Osunn ....  technical engineer (uncredited)  


Gladys Rosson ....  typist (uncredited)  


Paul Sprunck ....  technical engineer (uncredited)  








TRIVIA





H.B. Warner, who played Jesus, was involved in a real life scandal with an anonymous woman who was determined to blackmail Cecil B. DeMille by ruining the production. It is believed that DeMille paid the woman on the condition that she leave the U.S.








Cecil B. DeMille did not want to take any chances with the film. His two stars, H.B. Warner and Dorothy Cumming, were required to sign agreements which prohibited them from appearing in film roles that might compromise their "holy" screen images for a five-year period. DeMille also ordered them not to be seen doing any "un-Biblical" activities during the film's shooting. These activities included attending ball games, playing cards, frequenting night clubs, swimming, and riding in convertibles.








This film features author Ayn Rand as one of the hundreds of people in a crowd. At a time when Rand was a struggling immigrant, DeMille gave her the job to help get her on her feet.








This was the first film shown at Grauman's Chinese Theater on Hollywood Boulevard.








'Cecil B. Demille' intended that the role of the Jesus Christ go to J.B. Warner, a handsome and popular actor in westerns at the time. By the time production began, J.B. Warner had passed away of tuberculosis at age 29. Instead, H.B. Warner (Henry B. Warner) was cast as Jesus. Contrary to popular misconception, the two were not actually brothers. According to an in-depth article on J.B. Warner in "Classic Images" by Grange B. McKinney, the two were not even related. J.B.'s real name was James B. Tobias, and he adopted the surname of Warner after H.B. Warner's family took him in and raised him. This error of familial appears in several reference books.








The Temple of Jerusalem set was constructed on the RKO backlot in Culver City. It was redressed as the "Great Wall" set that the title character breaks through in King Kong (1933). It was later reused in David O. Selznick's The Garden of Allah (1936) and finally went out in a blaze of glory after it was redressed with Civil War era building fronts, burned and pulled down by a tractor to represent the burning of Atlanta munitions warehouses in Selznick's Gone with the Wind (1939).








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The Gospel According To Cecil, 27 December 2007








Author: b from Buffalo, New York 





Cecil B. DeMille's film about Jesus was made during a period in his career when he left Paramount and organized his own studio. Unfortunately for DeMille his studio went belly up after the stock market crash of 1929. The King of Kings is unquestionably the greatest film he made during that period.





But in DeMille's cinema gospel he eschewed the traditional Christmas story to be found in those four other gospels. DeMille begins his movie with a real lavish party at the home of a noted women of the town Mary Magdalene played by Jacqueline Logan. It's DeMille showing revelry at its best and most alluring. 





Logan asks why one of her favorites, Judas Iscariot hasn't been attending her clambakes recently. She hears he's been hanging around with this carpenter from Nazareth reputed to have performed some miracles and who doesn't approve of her lifestyle.





That's it for Ms. Magadalene; she's not about to let this hick take one of her favorites away. Off in a chariot pulled by Zebras she goes after this carpenter. She finds H.B. Warner as Jesus doing one of the miracles and becomes a follower herself. 





After this the film becomes a reverential straightforward account as you would find in the Bible. 





Reverence and revelry, the hallmark of a DeMille film is found in equal measure in The King of Kings. H.B. Warner does a fine job in the lead role, he makes a saintly Jesus. I do wonder what led DeMille to cast Warner, to think of him in the first place. Warner was 52 at the time playing a 30 something Jesus.





The King of Kings offers the movie fan to see father and son Rudolph and Joseph Schildkraut who play Caiaphas and Judas. Both contribute fine performances to the endeavor. Unlike later gospel based films, this one clearly has Caiaphas as the villain of the piece. He's described in the subtitles as a man concerned more with 'revenue than religion' which doesn't make him all that different from some folks I could mention today. The Schildkrauts however were Jewish and stars in the Yiddish Theater in Europe and America. They got good and slammed for their participation in The King of Kings by more than a few of their co-religionists.





Sharp eyed viewers will also note that the guy playing Simon of Cyrene who helps Jesus with his cross is none other than Hopalong Cassidy, William Boyd. Boyd was a DeMille discovery and had previously starred in another DeMille production, The Volga Boatman. This of course was years before he became the idol of the nation's children.





In his autobiography DeMille goes into some detail about how Jeremiah Milbank helped him with the financing of the DeMille Studio from which The King of Kings was produced. After the initial run, Milbank set up a foundation in which prints of The King of Kings were copied and made available to various Christian mission groups free for their work. It's one reason why this particular film is never in any danger of being lost.





DeMille was told on at least one occasion that this was his greatest picture because there is no greater subject. It's arguably one of his best from a technical standpoint. Still for the hundreds of millions of affiliated Christians on the planet, The King of Kings certainly occupies a special place. 








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The best Jesus movie ever!, 25 May 2000





Author: DA from Canberra, Australia








What a masterpiece! Visually stunning and deeply moving, even for the non-religious. DeMille was at his best in the silent era, and I have never seen the story of Christ told so beautifully. With more than a passing nod to nineteenth century Biblical painting, DeMille recreates the last days of Jesus' life in painstaking detail. He takes some liberty with chronolgy, and there is his trademark combination of religious fervour and delicious decadence. But the passion and sincerity are so strong that I'll be surprised if you don't shed a tear once or twice. And Joseph Schildkraut is stunning as Judas.





Eye-popping sets and superb photography combine with huge crowds of extras and excellent costumes to create one of the great epic films. And dig that opening orgy scene involving a scantily clad Mary Magdalene, a couple of old men, a leopard and a hunky charioteer leading a team of zebra! Wow! The first shot of Jesus is also cinema magic, an unforgettable moment. This film is superb. 








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Excellent silent movie, 16 April 2004





Author: WM from United States








Movie follows the story of Jesus Christ (H.B. Warner) starting with Mary Magdelene (Jacqueline Logan) and ending with his resurrection. 





While not exactly accurate (Magdalene was Judas' lover?) to the Bible this is actually an excellent movie. It's very reverent to the story and doesn't preach to the audience like other Biblical movies did. Some of the shots of Jesus were stunning--he (literally) GLOWS. It's all done with lighting but it looks realistic. And since it's directed by Cecil B. DeMille it's a spectacle--this movie is BIG! The sets are colossal, there's a cast of hundreds and a big huge Crucifiction sequence that is quite impressive. There's also some nice special effects--surprising in a movie that's over 70 years old. Also, it's well-cast. The standouts are Warner as Jesus; Logan making a very impressive Magdelene and Joseph Schildkraut playing a very young and handsome Judas. Also his father Rudolph Schildkraut plays Caiaphas. And the Resurrection sequence at the end is in two-color Technicolor. 





This is a much better than the 1961 remake. That one was badly cast (Jeffrey Hunter was way too young for the role), too long (almost 3 hours) and dragged. This one is barely 2 hours and moves very quickly. 





A very impressive silent film--well worth catching.








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Must see movie, 18 August 2005





Author: rickyotis from Pasadena, California








King of Kings is an extraordinary movie. I was so caught up in it if they had said in the credits 'Jesus as played by himself' I would have believed it. The scenes of the little blind boy finding his way to Jesus, and the interaction between Jesus and the little children stand out as the high points of the movie. There is a "healing" while with the little children that stands out as one of the finest movie moments ever.





It is a silent movie, but if you get caught up like me, you will swear there was talking as you look back on it. 





I saw it in May of 1977 at the 50th anniversary of the Graumanns Chinese theater in Hollywood. It had opened 50 years ago that night with its first movie being King of Kings. Interesting, the next night was the premier of the first Star Wars movie.





Mr. DeMille's daughter or niece shared anecdotes about the filming after the movie. For example, there is a seen during the last supper, where, after everyone gets up and walks away a dove comes and lands on the table by the holy grail and gets lost in the lighting special effect. She informed us it was not planned.





She told us the movie played somewhere in the world every night for 46 years. And in South America, people would get on their knees in the theaters after the performance.





Powerful movie and very moving. 








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