Centenary of the Screen’s Moses

Centenary of the Screen’s Moses Charlton Heston appears in a scene from the 1956 classic movie The Ten Commandments. Photo: CNS

As the new year begins I’m reminded that Charlton Heston was born 100 years ago. One of his first major roles was as Moses in Cecil B. De Mille’s The Ten Commandments. Parting the Red Sea could be said to be starting at the top. He decided to play him as “a man much scarred…

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