(Silent Movie) The King of Kings (1927) - [1/16]

The King of Kings 1927 Cecil de Mille Silent Movie

Mary Magdalene becomes angry when Judas, now a follower of Jesus, won't come to her feast. She goes to see Jesus and becomes repentant. From there the Bible story unfolds through the Crucifixion and Resurrection.

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

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[poughkeepsiejohn1]

Watching this rarely seen intro in color must have been amazing for audiences back in 1927. Of course, this is just two-strip color. Not the Technicolor which is used in almost every movie nowadays. Still, I'm sure audiences were astounded.

[Basssinger86]

Fantastic movie. Imagine being a movie goer back then. Going to the movies was a real event. And going to see a epic like The King of Kings had to have been a HUGE event in 1927.

[TheMessanjah]

epic

[MrCarbine9]

@poughkeepsiejohn1

Technicolor is not used in movies these days, we few exceptions. True three strip Technicolor is a specific, patented process that became cost prohibitive by the 1960s. It is unfortunate, because true Technicolor films like The Red Shoes and Black Narcissus are unsurpassed today in their color reproduction--and also allows more accurate restoration of the original image and colors as time passes. One of those situations of technology regressing rather than progressing.

[joeblowthehot]

Ya..today movie theaters are so AWFUL..they smell ..they are generic looking..the treats are way too expensive..and most of the films are crap..

Back in the days of the MOVIE PALACES..live music.. ushers that actually seat you..popcorn with REAL butter..and Valentiono up on the screen...If I could go back in time..I would LIVE at the movies!!

[max11paz]

Great Movie indeed....thanx for posting.

[axecalibore]

I had no idea this part was in color. When they showed it on TCM, only the resurrection was in color.

[sillygrl23]

"Mary, if thou will give kisses to that beast-why not to me?" lol, I don't blame her..that jungle cat is just adorable, I wouldn't mind giving kisses to it than some half-naked fudgly guy XD

[heartofzorro]

great definition

[morchie717]

I love this movie, it's so touching.

[sluggo06]

Google hells best kept secret

[AcaiBunch]

This is what you'd call "artistic liberties". There is very little about Mary Magdalene in the bible.