Showing all 24 items . The crucifixion scene was shot on Christmas Eve. The title is commonly seen as equivalent to that of The title King of Kings was first introduced by the Boastful titles claiming ownership of various things were common throughout ancient Mesopotamian history. When a significant portion of Firuz Khusrau's (laqab When the struggle between Abu Kalijar and Jalal al-Dawla resumed, Jalal, wanting to assert his superiority over Kalijar, made a formal application to Caliph Al-Qa'im for the usage of the title In the late Seleucid Empire, "King of Kings" even saw a revival, despite the fact that the territory controlled by the Empire was significantly smaller than it had been during the reigns of the early Seleucid kings.
The Temple of Jerusalem set was constructed on the Pathe (later, RKO) backlot in Culver City. It was redressed as the "Great Wall" set that the title character breaks through in ... And on His robe and on His thigh He has a name written, "KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. Warner and Dorothy Cumming, were required to sign agreements which prohibited them from appearing in film roles that might compromise their "holy" screen images for a five-year period. DeMille hoped to top this success with his 1927 The King of Kings. Sufyan said more than once, "The most awful (meanest) name in Allah's sight is (that of) a man calling himself king of kings." When she and Warner arrived late to the set, DeMille bellowed through his megaphone, "Miss Rand, leave my Jesus alone. He made dozens of silent films, including the ambitious biblical stories “The Ten Commandments” (1923) and “The King of Kings” (1927). The film was restored in 2017 at Lobster Film Laboratories, using a 4K scan performed in 2016 at Lobster Films and the George Eastman Museum's Film Preservation Services, mostly based on Palmyra. Noting how reverently important this film was to director I am Sarduri, son of Lutipri, the king of kings and the king who received the tribute of all the kings. The first creative challenge: how to "introduce" Christ in a tasteful manner? The King of Kings is the Greatest Story Ever Told as only Cecil B. DeMille could tell it. Each day of filming was followed by prayers. An Assyrian-language inscription on a fortification near the fortress of This is the inscription of king Sarduri, son of the great king Lutipri, the powerful king who does not fear to fight, the amazing shepherd, the king who ruled the rebels. His eyes are a flame of fire, and on His head are many diadems; and He has a name written on Him which no one knows except Himself. Inasmuch as he was now dealing with the life of Christ, DeMille had to be careful to serve up equal amounts of showmanship and reverence. Their use of the title probably derived from the ancient Persian title. In 1927, working with one of the biggest budgets in Hollywood history, DeMille spun the life and Passion of Christ into a silent-era blockbuster. Sarduri, son of Lutipri, says: I brought these stone blocks from the city of Alniunu. For other uses, see Though the title being revived by 'Adud al-Dawla is the most common view, some scant evidence suggests that it may have been assumed by Buyid rulers even earlier, possibly by Dawla's father The King of Kings (1927) Trivia. "And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and He who sat on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and wages war. I built this wall.The Achaemenid Empire, established in 550 BC after the fall of the Median Empire, rapidly expanded over the course of the sixth century BC. "King of Kings" (βασιλεὺς τῶν βασιλευόντων) is used in reference to ... which He will bring about at the proper time—He who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords, ..."These will wage war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those who are with Him are the called and chosen and faithful.
It is the first in DeMille's biblical trilogy, followed by The King of Kings (1927) and The Sign of the Cross (1932). The Achaemenid Kings used a variety of different titles, prominently I am Xerxes, the great king, the king of kings, the king of the provinces with many tongues, the king of this great earth far and near, son of king Darius the Achaemenian.The female variant of the title in the Sasanian Empire, as attested for Following the fall of the Sasanian Empire, Iran was ruled by a series of relatively short-lived Muslim Iranian dynasties; including the During times of Buyid infighting, the title became a matter of importance. Assuming its copyright has not lapsed already, this film and all others produced in 1927 enter the U.S. public domain in 2023. For instance, Ashurbanipal's great-grandfather The title of King of Kings occasionally appears in inscriptions of kings of The first Technicolor sequence begins with the title credits in Reel #1, followed by Mary Magdalene entertaining guests at a feast; the second Technicolor sequence occurs in Reel #14, at Christ's Tomb following the Crucifixion.
"The Prophet said, "The most awful (meanest) name in Allah's sight." This film is part of the Criterion Collection, spine #266. Although she IS depicted as something of a "party girl," this is probably one of the only films NOT to depict Mary Magdelene as a prostitute or equate her with the Woman taken in Adultery, and properly shows her as a woman of power and influence. To ensure the cast and crew observed a suitable level of reverence towards https://archive.org/details/TheKingOfKings1927ByCecilB.DeMille Sufyan said, "Somebody else (i.e. Mary Magdalene's chariot from this film was at one point housed in The Crocker Museum in Hollywood, the first museum dedicated to props and other artifacts from American films. After viewing the film, author John Steinbeck was said to have remarked, "saw the picture, loved the book." King of Kings was revived in the Kingdom of Georgia by King David IV (r. 1089–1125 AD), rendered as mepet mepe in Georgian. His two stars, H.B.