Lot Essay
It is probable that this scroll was presented to Cecil B. DeMille to wish him good luck before production started on The Ten Commandments. Filming began in Egypt the following week on 14th October 1954.
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The Ten Commandments, 1956/Cecil B. DeMille
A presentation 'papyrus' scroll, the header illuminated with watercolour and gouache winged ibis, To Cecil B. DeMille, Good Luck and God Bless You, From all of us at Paramount, October 9th 1954, signed by approximately 260 members of the Paramount crew including Edith Head, Grace Sprague and Michael Curtiz; accompanied by a black and white reproduction photograph of DeMille presented with the scroll; and a facsimile copy of the scroll
60x12¼in. (152.5x31cm.)
A presentation 'papyrus' scroll, the header illuminated with watercolour and gouache winged ibis, To Cecil B. DeMille, Good Luck and God Bless You, From all of us at Paramount, October 9th 1954, signed by approximately 260 members of the Paramount crew including Edith Head, Grace Sprague and Michael Curtiz; accompanied by a black and white reproduction photograph of DeMille presented with the scroll; and a facsimile copy of the scroll
60x12¼in. (152.5x31cm.)
Further details
Image courtesy of Bison Archives