For the Nicholas Ray film, see King of Kings.

King of Kings
Region 1 DVD Cover
Directed by	Cecil B. DeMille
Produced by	Cecil B. DeMille
Starring	H.B. Warner Dorothy Cumming Ernest Torrence Joseph Schildkraut James Neill
Music by	Hugo Riesenfeld
Cinematography	J. Peverell Marley F.J. Westerberg
Editing by	Anne Bauchens Harold McLernon
Distributed by	The Criterion Collection
Release date(s)	April 19, 1927
Running time	115 min.
Country	United States
Language	Silent film English/Aramaic intertitles
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The King of Kings is a 1927 silent film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. It is a religious movie about the last weeks of Jesus before his crucifixion. H.B. Warner starred as Jesus. One of the last sequences (the Resurrection) of the movie is in Technicolor. King of Kings may mean: King of Kings, a rulers - or religious title The King of Kings, a Cecil B. DeMille movie King of Kings (film), a Nicholas Ray movie King of Kings: The Early Years, a video game King of Kings, a nickname of professional wrestler Triple H... Nicholas Ray (born Raymond Nicholas Kienzle) (August 7, 1911–June 16, 1979) was an American film director. ... King of Kings is a 1961 American motion picture epic made by Samuel Bronston Productions and distributed by MGM. It is a retelling the story of Jesus from his birth to his crucifixion and Resurrection. ... Image File history File links King_of_kings_DVDcover. ... Cecil Blount DeMille (August 12, 1881 – January 21, 1959) was one of the most successful filmmakers during the first half of the 20th century. ... H. B. Warner (26 October 1875, London - 21 December 1958, Woodland Hills, California) was a British actor, born Henry B. Warner. ... Ernest Torrence (June 26, 1878 - May 13, 1933) was a Scottish born film actor who appeared in many Hollywood films. ... Joseph Schildkraut (March 22, 1896 – January 21, 1964) was a stage and film actor. ... James Neill (29 September 1860 – 16 March 1931), was an American actor of the silent era. ... Hugo Riesenfeld (January 26, 1879) - September 10, 1939 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA) was an Austrian-American film score composer who had awarded with Oscar as well as a violinist and conductor. ... J. Peverell Marley (b. ... Anne Bauchens (1882 - 1967) is most notable as a pioneering film editor – one of the few technical professions where women were allowed to excel in Hollywood at the time – who worked almost exclusively for Cecil B. deMille. ... The Criterion Collection logo The Criterion Collection is a privately held company that distributes authoritative consumer versions of important classic and contemporary films on DVD. It was established in 1984 as a joint venture between Janus Films and the Voyager Company. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... is the 109th day of the year (110th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... A silent film is a film which has no accompanying soundtrack. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Aramaic is a Semitic language with a four-thousand year history. ... See also: 1926 in film 1927 1928 in film 1920s in film years in film film // Events January 10 - The film Metropolis by Fritz Lang premieres. ... A silent film is a film which has no accompanying soundtrack. ... Cecil Blount DeMille (August 12, 1881 – January 21, 1959) was one of the most successful filmmakers during the first half of the 20th century. ... This article is about Jesus of Nazareth. ... H. B. Warner (26 October 1875, London - 21 December 1958, Woodland Hills, California) was a British actor, born Henry B. Warner. ... Look up Resurrection in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Logo celebrating Technicolors 90th Anniversary Technicolor is the trademark for a series of color film processes pioneered by Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation (a subsidiary of Technicolor, Inc. ...

Plot

The film opens as Mary Magdalene prances about her home to the delight of the many men around her. Upon learning that Judas is with a carpenter she rides out on her chariot drawn by zebras to get him back. Peter is introduced as the Giant apostle, and we see the gospel writer Mark as a child who is healed by Jesus. Our first sight of Jesus is through the eyesight of a little girl, whom he has healed. He is surrounded by a halo. Mary arrives afterwards and talks to Judas, who reveals that he is only staying with Jesus in hopes of being made a king after Jesus becomes the king of kings, and the seven deadly sins are cast out of her in a multiple exposure sequence. Jesus is also shown resurrecting Lazarus and healing the little children. At the very end of the film Jesus is shown ascending inside a house, which then changes into the tops of modern skyscrapers. "I am with you always" appears on the screen. Nearly all of the film's intertitles are quotes (or paraphrases) from scripture.

Cast

• H.B. Warner as Christ
• Dorothy Cumming as Mary
• Ernest Torrence as Peter
• Joseph Schildkraut as Judas
• Jacqueline Logan as Mary Magdalene

H. B. Warner (26 October 1875, London - 21 December 1958, Woodland Hills, California) was a British actor, born Henry B. Warner. ... Ernest Torrence (June 26, 1878 - May 13, 1933) was a Scottish born film actor who appeared in many Hollywood films. ... Joseph Schildkraut (March 22, 1896 – January 21, 1964) was a stage and film actor. ... Jacqueline Logan Jacqueline Logan (November 30, 1901 - April 4, 1983) was a star of the silent motion picture screen who was on board William Randolph Hearsts yacht The Oneida in 1926 when film director Thomas Ince was killed mysteriously. ...

Trivia

A giant gate built for this film was later famously used in 1933's King Kong, and was among the sets torched for the "burning of Atlanta" in 1939's Gone with the Wind. See also: 1932 in film 1933 1934 in film 1930s in film years in film film // Events British Film Institute founded. ... This is about the original movie and novel. ... The year 1939 in film involved some significant events. ... Gone with the Wind is a 1939 film adapted from Margaret Mitchells 1936 novel of the same name. ...

The King of Kings was the first movie that premiered at the legendary Cinema Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, CA on May 18, 1927. This article or section cites very few or no references or sources. ... Nickname: Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: , State County Settled 1781 Incorporated April 4, 1850 Government  - Type Mayor-Council  - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa  - City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo  - Governing body City Council Area  - City  498. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Largest metro area Greater Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ...

Sally Rand, before becoming notorious for dancing nude behind a "bubble" in the 1930s (the origin of the term "bubble dancer" for a striptease artist), was an extra in the film. Sally Rand (January 2, 1904 – August 31, 1979) was born Harriet Helen Gould Beck in Hickory County, Missouri. ...

Ayn Rand (no relation), novelist and philosopher, best known for creating a philosophy she named Objectivism and for writing the novels Atlas Shrugged, The Fountainhead, and We the Living, as well as the novella Anthem, was an extra in the film. Ayn Rand (IPA: , February 2 [O.S. January 20] 1905 – March 6, 1982), born Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum (Russian: ), was a Russian-born American novelist and philosopher,[1] known for creating a philosophy she named Objectivism and for writing the novels We the Living, The Fountainhead, Atlas Shrugged and the... This article is about the philosophy of Ayn Rand. ... For the film, see Atlas Shrugged (film). ... For the film, see The Fountainhead (film). ... We the Living is Ayn Rands first novel. ... Anthem is a dystopian, science-fiction novella by philosopher Ayn Rand, first published in 1938. ...

External links

• The King of Kings at the Internet Movie Database
• Criterion Collection essay by Peter Matthews