The King of Kings - 1927 Film Trailer

A preview of Cecil B. DeMille's upcoming film, The King of Kings ... "the picture that will live forever."

DeMille hypes his 1927 spectacle, "magnificently portrayed by an inspiring cast of 5000 players," by stressing the epic proportion of these biblical episodes rather than the story itself.

Both producer and director of King of Kings, DeMille also was a prolific editor, writer, and actor. With a larger than life persona, he was famous for being famous, often playing himself in other people's movies. You remember his cameo in Billy Wilder's Sunset Blvd ...

"Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up."

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[hendrickross]

Keep uploading Cecil B. Demille clips!

[bjnevin]

I hate when people say that DeMille simply produced over-the-top big-budget epics and little else- his films were not so superficial as people often claim...King of Kings clearly demonstrates this.

[classical38]

my, my. even in the silent era, big epics like these were being made, by none other than Demille! i would watch this any day over today's rubbish, and i'm only 15! but you can be any age when it comes to watching a spectacle of our lord Jesus, KING OF KINGS!

[JimColyer]

I will watch this when I get a chance.

[papaknowsbest16]

@videolgs95 Only if you mean the silent version. The Charlton Heston remake doesn't hold a candle to it.

[sillygrl23]

The Passion of the Christ has nothing on this film....also check out another silent Jesus film called "Jesus of Nazareth" (also known as From the Manger to the Cross" its another really good one too

[tmMcHugh]

is that the original trailer from 1927

[bjnevin]

There will NEVER be another director like DeMille. He showed his artistry in so many silent films like this, The Ten Commandments and The Cheat. While many criticise his later talkies, I feel that Union Pacific and Cleopatra (AND the 2nd version of The Ten Commandments, needless to say...) stand up remarkably well. I must admit that I'm a little partial to The Greatest Show on Earth, while being conscious of its shortcomings!

[georger64]

No, thze color was there to begin with, it was early 2-strip technicolor (only red and green, all blue is missing). They did some of the key scenes in color because this was really a "high prestige film"

[videolgs95]

ben hur is the picture that will live forever

[swallin19]

The colourisations are original sections in Technicolor, and some tinted portions as well, not modern colourisation. The two strip process was used, to the max length printable at reasonable cost on the distributed prints. Only as colour proved workable did Hollywood move to full length films. Technicolor worked because the prints themselves were not too expensive to make.