Except, she was of black African descent. The only accurate aspect is the Nubians, but ancient Kemetic/Egyptians were of black African heritage. I was deceived until I witnessed numerous black African soldiers and realized that all the kings were black, sporting hairstyles of braids and Afros. This was the most significant misappropriation of history... constructing pyramids with white/olive people who didn't exist in that era in Kemet, in temperatures ranging from 85 to 122 degrees without shirts and leg coverings. It seems plausible only in movies
@@SUGAR_XYLER So I heard. For some odd reason I caught NO mention of it in advance from Channel 7. But what the hell, I got my hands on a DVD of this wonderful epic a couple of years back.
Anne's performance in every scene is pure fabulousness for the viewer: over the top yet controlled, calculated, carefully curated, and exquisitely executed for the big screen. Anne super collides emotion, drama, and, especially, glamour into one luscious, juicy role that is perhaps the most entertaining of this cinematic epic.
@@michaelverbakel7632 her acting in the “Ten Commandments” is way better then anything on the screen I’ve seen in years. The actresses of today are boring & ugly as hell. They have no talent.
Some of those costumes could have been worn by Elvis that’s how good Edith Head was. But all joking aside I was surprised some of Ann’s costumes passed censorship back then !
She's everything evil and wrong with my sex all rolled up into one diabolical package. How she taunts the men in her life and plays games scheming manipulating and vicious! Wonderful character!
I was born in 1977, watched this movie every Easter, still do. No actress ever looked more beautiful than Anne Baxter did as Nefretiri and I suspect no actress ever will look as beautiful in any movie ever. Perfect line delivery as well.
I never understood the implications of this scene when I was a kid. There is definitely the implication that the enemy really "knew" Moses very very well. Quite risqué suggestion of interracial sex in the 1950s
Anne Baxter was very beautiful and a very good actress she was perfect in the ten commandments I love watching the ten commandments its one of my favorite movies
When I was little and every Easter night after church and eating so many chocolate bunnies and jelly beans in Easter baskets, my parents let us stay up to watch the Ten Commandments. My favorite movie of ALL time. I finally have it on both CD and Blue Ray. She is the scene stealer.
I read where Ann Baxter turned down this role because she didn't think she was right for this part. Thank God she agreed to take the part. She was excellent in the role ...and for me ... I fall in love with her all over again.. What a beautiful woman.
Kosher or not, nobody served ham with a healthy side of corn, like the great Cecil B. Demille. You left out my favorite Anne Baxter Nefreteri line; "Moses, Moses, Moses."
A remark after my own heart! Whenever Anne Baxters face pops up into my mind, the first thing that I say is, "Moses, Moses, Moses."! DeMille was a genius. I just wish the line in Sunset Boulevard was placed differently. While trailing down the winding staircase, Norma, instead of saying, "Mr DeMille, I'm ready for my closeup",. Should have been, "I'm ready for my close up, Mr DeMille"!!!!!! As for me, I love corny!!!
Nefreteri is exactly the sort of role that Eve Harrington -- whom Anne Baxter had played so effectively in "All About Eve" six years earlier -- had in mind when she schemed and plotted to become a star.
@Sandra Norman Actually, I think that Baxter -- like Heston and Brynner -- was acting in the old, grand manner style that had been the rule in the theater for generations (especially when a performer was playing royalty, as these three people were). If there is anyone in "The Ten Commandments" who was Grade A ham through and through, it's Edward G. Robinson as Dathan. (Can one call a Jewish actor a ham?) It certainly wasn' because of lack of talent -- Robinson was a splendid actor elsewhere, as well as an extremely intelligent man, with a developed sense of fine art that led him to amass a collection of paintings that was the envy of many museums. More than likely, De Mille directed him to give this performance. I've gotten laughs at parties doing an imitation of Robinson-as-Dathan, in the inflections that he used in "Little Caesar": "Yeah, we're goin' across the desert, see? Yeah."
In fairness, Director Cecil B. DeMille told all his actors to play their roles as if they were in the silent era... so, everybody had a big 'ol heapin' helpin' of scenery.
@Tony B No, it wasn't bad at all. At the time, they cast actors who acted in roles. They were not obsessed with race and no one in the audience cared, not even the races you seem to think were offended.
I agree..the acting in The Ten Commandments is with keeping of Cecil B. DeMille's style, which harkens back to the silent era of acting, kind of over the top ..I read years ago she even said this,,.but it fits so well in this epic film that only Cecil B. DeMille could pull off even in 1956 ..when the style of acting was more method & realistic
Love the overly saturated colours of Technicolor I just wish some new movies, not all but just a few, like musicals or comedy had this look. It really gives a certain indescribable quality to a film, very striking.
I always loved part whete she said you couldn't even kill him And when Yul said His God 🙏 is God Ii t shows that when you are in God will nobody can touch you not even enemy cause God is God almighty
She is literally the perfect balance between Rupaul's Drag Race and Madonna. I love, love, love her performance in TTC! My Queen. I love when she says "Oooooh Moohses, Mooooohses, MOOOOOSes!" HIlarious!
Sadly for Nefretiri, she could be manipulative and spiteful, all of it under a facade of playfulness. Sephora was up front and straight with Moses. The better catch. Hopefully some day Archie will realize this and leave Veronica for Betty.
Clearly this was DeMille's masterpiece. I've always loved the movie. It has no equal in the history of the cinema. I almost want to cry when I think how DeMille never got to see this magnificent restoration. Yes, Anne Baxter is marvelous in her role as Nefretiri. She really puts her heart & soul into it. From this, for the 1st-time, really, I begin to see how fine an actress she must've been in general. She brings the Egyptian queen to life in a truly 3-dimensional portrait. And those costumes! Just awesome, my favorite being that ultra-slinky silver one!
@@rogerpropes7129 Hollywood rarely troubled itself over such historical details. DeMille generally was quite careful about accuracy, I think, but entertainment always came first. Recognizable marquee stars were a primary consideration, too.
@@jackbuckley7816 That's why it's so nice that the director of 10 commandments cared about historical details, like making sure a bald person took the role yul brenner did and the men wore eye shadow.
Oddly enough the was the second time he made this movie. He did a silent version back in the 1920s. He was able to take everything he learned from making the silent version and apply it to the 1950s color version.
7:33 This right here... such venom, such sarcasm, Ramesses, the most powerful man in the world, can't even look at her because the roasting is so severe. Pharoah sits in this throne like a lion ready to strike, but he's frozen in place. And all of it happening right in front of his closest advisors! Played to perfection by both actors
Yeah, I enjoyed how Nefretiri roasted Ramses every time she gets. "All that you wanted from me, he would not even take." "You told Moses to build bricks without straw. Now he's ordering you to build cities without bricks!" "Can you hear the laughter, Ramses? The laughter of kings, in Babylon, in Canan, in Troy." "Before you strike, let me see his blood on your sword. You couldn't even touch him."
This is a very fun movie from my youth. Anne Baxter was really hamming it up here. If you want to see a terrific Baxter performance watch All About Eve.
Truth. She went Mano o mano with the legendary Bette Davis and kept the young guns like Marilyn Monroe and Celeste Holmes at bay. Truly a ferociously talented actress.
@@goodowner5000 Yep, she does very sharp work in "The Razor's Edge." I've heard Judy Garland and Betty Grable were two other names considered for the role. Would've been fascinating to see either play the role, but Baxter is plenty fascinating herself, and deserved her Oscar.
As a kid I wax in love with her, as an adult I still am 😅 I only appreciate more how terrific her character was written and how well the actress brought her to life
@user-dr9sh3dp5r it seems moses had an affinity for ethiopian women as he married two of them. The less well known one (Tharbis) is not mentioned (by name) in the bible but is mentioned by Josephus. The other wife being Zipporah as you said.
LOL Then she proceeds to roast Moses later, in a loving way, of course. "Conqueror of Ethiopia. Servant of the Nile god. General of Generals...(snicker)...A man of mud."
Anne Baxter is perfect. How else would you want Nefertiti played? By a method actress? By a Meryl Streep? Give me a break. The whole story is a big, sweeping, moving experience. She, and everyone else in the film, is perfect.
"All that you wanted from me, he would not even take" haha, imagine the woman of your dreams saying that to you about another man. Pharaoh was defeated on all fronts at this point.
Right? To say that to her own husband…Pharaoh wanted all of Nefertiti yet he knew she was never fully his. He probably forces himself on her. To top that with Moses being a gentleman to her was probably a slap to pharaoh’s face.
@user-fn2gn7mx2z im surprised he didnt execute her for dropping that bombshell on him. You can almost feel sorry for him, his world is callapsing about him and he is powerless to do anything about it. His self proclaimed diety is no doubt being questioned by the other Egyptians. To top it off, his wife tells him she offered herself on a plate to the man whom he had always been envious of.
Once in a while, the phrase, "And Moses?", pops into my head and I start laughing. The way Ms. Baxter elongates the name Moses is just too funny! There are no nuance acting in this film.
This movie was a HAM SANDWICH!! Everyone was perfect in their roles. I love this movie. And I will never get tired of watching it (so long as I only watch it once a year) 🙂
Memnet was played by Judith Anderson, not Edith Evans. Anderson had a solid career, including parts in Laura, Strange Love of Martha Ivers, and Cat On A Hot Tin Roof.
We were in grade school when the film was released. The offer was to all public school kids to go to the theater and see the movie for FREE. Only thing was we had to get up in time to make the 10:00am movie. I was lazy because I could not imagine any movie lasting 4 hours without me squirming in the seat or falling back asleep.
@@sandranorman6451 I was 12 and the whole school was loaded into buses for the 20 mile ride to the nearest theater. (We walked in at the scene where she is standing in front of a bronze mirror.) The movie changed my life and I have seen it dozens of times in the last 66 years. Actually my favorite scenes were with Debra Paget, who I think is still alive.
As a small child I watched this film obsessively. I loved Anne's performance the best and considered it the pinnacle of acting, and thought everyone else around her was plain boring. LOL I'm surprised they had sets left by the time she was done eating!
I actually loved her, and I loved Ramses too. I felt like Nefertiri should have chosen Ramses instead anyway, Yul Brynner was a lot hotter than Charlton Heston.
She held her own so well, I would have sworn she was in the film much longer, even with a few cut out. Baxter and DeCarlo play each of their roles so well, especially when you consider either of them was playing against their type earlier in their careers. Ann Blyth, Vanessa Brown, Joan Evans, Rhonda Fleming, Coleen Gray, Jane Griffiths, Audrey Hepburn, Jean Marie, Vivien Leigh, Jane Russell, and Joan Taylor could have played this character, but Baxter did the role justice.
First off, love Anne's over the top acting. Her delivery is brilliantly hammy. The thing that bugs me the most is how the Royal House of Egypt seems to entertain itself by sailing on sedan chairs through the mud pits just to give the slave an even harder time!
Anne Baxter's role as Nefretiri is a great example of ' She is so bad she's good' type of acting. I heard she won a few bad acting awards for this. She is wonderful as Nefertiri but she plays the role with hammy overacting for the entire film.
@@michaelverbakel7632 Still love her. As over the top she was... I can't imagine anyone else playing the role. Check out this 1983 documentary she narrated about Frank Lloyd Wright!! Cheers! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mk0VkpDRhms.html
OMG !!! She did such a good job playing Nefertiti Yes now adays its camp but still her body language facial expressions work sooo well . Perfect type casting for this 1950s hollywood iconic epic . such an attractive woman with a wink and sense of humor 🙂 ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨♥🧬😍😊💯💓💅👄🌴
Nefertiti was the most interesting person in the movie. You felt downright sorry for her. Her plight. Baxter was wonderful. You wanted Moses to go back to her. They both loved each other. She loved him till the end.
You wanted, but you shouldn’t, cuz they’re all on the extreme wrong side of history. 😢 Like the prologue says, Exodus was the Birth Of Freedom. Anyone against THAT needs to be cancelled, amirite. 😅
@@theprinceoftides6836 loves him enough to want him murdered in the end by the man who's heart she is now playing. She is written as a Hollywood Vamp. The whole movie in the silent era was a celebration of the Hollywood Egypt of the 20 and this remake, along with the Cleopatra remake was celebrating themselves in gorgeous technicolor.
I totally agree ! This film makes hands down "Cleopatra" with Burton, Taylor and Harrison the BEST of this type of film. The acting is so much more believable. Everyone in this film is over the top.
@@fob1xxl "Cleopatra" is my guilty pleasure .... I saw it when it was released on a Big Screen in a great theatre. I wanted to Live in that Movie! Away from the battles of course.
