Cecil Blount DeMille and Jeanie MacPherson

Name: The Ten Commandments
Author: Cecil Blount DeMille and Jeanie MacPherson

The Ten Commandments (1923)

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“The Ten Commandments”, published in 1923, is a work by Cecil Blount DeMille and Jeanie MacPherson. It explores elements such as concrete, carpenter and Danny.

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Cecil Blount DeMille and Jeanie MacPherson, The Ten Commandments (1923)

“ If anybody goes, it will be me."
"Mary and I are going to be married right now! And we're going to live our own life, in our own heathen way!"
"You've been wonderful, Johnny! And when you fall in love some day—promise you won't forget me."
"Johnny, we're going to LIVE! We'll break all ten of your old Commandments, and we'll finish rich and powerful—with the world at our feet!"
"You'll keep your Ten Commandments, Johnny, and you'll finish just where you are—a poor carpenter!"
"I guess being a carpenter is just about all I'm good for!"
"John dear—some mighty fine men have been carpenters!" ”

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Cecil Blount DeMille and Jeanie MacPherson, The Ten Commandments (1923)

“ At the end of Three Years—Dan has become the most successful young building contractor in the state.
But for every building hu puts up—he tears down a part of his soul.
While John, still true to his code, is just a Carpenter.
"This time, we're going to take a chance on a leaner 'mix'—one of cement to twelve of sand and rock. With a broad-minded building inspector like yourself on the job—it's a cinch!" ”

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Cecil Blount DeMille and Jeanie MacPherson, The Ten Commandments (1923)

“ McTavish, Dan's Mother!"
"Thank God, you're come! That 'angel' brother of yours, is raising hell!"
"You can't get away with it, Dan! You're stealing thousands on your concrete—and something's going to smash!"
"Don' be a fool, Mary! I can't make enough money, without cutting on some of the specifications.
And Brother John isn't interested in concrete—he's trying to ruin me—to get you!"
"Danny, you've got to make this concrete right! You can't break every law of God and Man and get away with it!" ”

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Cecil Blount DeMille and Jeanie MacPherson, The Ten Commandments (1923)

“ McTavish, somebody's been feeding Angel-Face here, red meat!
If you know where Dan is, get him quick—before his loving brother gets us all in the papers!"
"Young man—minding your own business, pays very big dividends!"
"Sweet Papa!"
The thunder of God is not always in the sky—it may, sometimes, be in the rumble of heavy sand trucks over a cobbled street.
DANIEL McTAVISH
CONTRACTOR
"I want the truth about this concrete, McQuire—how much cement are you putting in the 'mix'?" ”

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Cecil Blount DeMille and Jeanie MacPherson, The Ten Commandments (1923)

“ AND THE LORD CAUSED THE SEA TO GO BACK, AND MADE THE SEA DRY LAND, AND THE WATERS WERE DIVIDED." (Exodus 14:21)
"FEAR NOT TO PASS THROUGH THE DEEP WATERS—FOR THE LORD FIGHTETH ON OUR SIDE!"
"AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WENT INTO THE MIDST OF THE SEA UPON DRY GROUND—AND THE WATERS WERE A WALL UNTO THEM ON THEIR RIGHT HAND, AND ON THEIR LEFT." (Exodus 14:22)
"FEAR NOT THIS GOD OF ISRAEL—FOLLOW AND DESTROY THEM!" ”

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Cecil Blount DeMille and Jeanie MacPherson, The Ten Commandments (1923)

“ Almost worthy of a movie plot is the background of this particular activity by the government agents. Who the woman in the case is or why she is wanted is not disclosed. In fact no information is forthcoming save that the wanted one is beautiful—and clever. ”

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Cecil Blount DeMille and Jeanie MacPherson, The Ten Commandments (1923)

“ JOHN McTAVISH
CARPENTER
WALK IN
"It's the end of everything for me, John—I'm going where I can find peace!"
"Don't touch me—I'm branded!"
"You're not branded with anything—but FEAR!"
"Mary, there is only one man who can help you—a Man you have forgotten!"
A 672DEFIANCE
"For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?" ”

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Cecil Blount DeMille and Jeanie MacPherson, The Ten Commandments (1923)

“ It existed before of was engraven upon Tablets of Stone. It will exist when stone has crumbled. The Ten Commandments are not rule to obey as a personal favor to God. They are the fundamental principles without which mankind cannot live together. ”

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Cecil Blount DeMille and Jeanie MacPherson, The Ten Commandments (1923)

“ I build these walls—and they're made of rotten concrete!"
"It's your hair, Danny, my own little Boy! Whatever you've done, is all my fault. I taught you to fear God, instead of to love Him—and LOVE is all that counts!"
"Danny's hair—when he was a baby."
Thou
shalt
not
steal
Fighting with his back against the wall—Dan begins to realize, that if you break the Ten Commandments—they will break you.
The
Stingaree
Price 20cts. Once a week.
WE THROW LIGHT
INTO DARK PLACES
"This little scandal sheet is hot after us! ”

Cecil Blount DeMille and Jeanie MacPherson

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