Forgotten Commandments
{{short description|1932 film}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Forgotten Commandments
| image = Forgotten Commandments poster.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Louis J. Gasnier
William Schorr
| producer =
| screenplay = James B. Fagan
Agnes Brand Leahy
| starring = Sari Maritza
Gene Raymond
Marguerite Churchill
Irving Pichel
Harry Beresford
Kent Taylor
| music = Herman Hand
Rudolph G. Kopp
| cinematography = Karl Struss
| editing =
| studio = Paramount Pictures
| distributor = Paramount Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1932|5|22}}
| runtime = 75 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Forgotten Commandments is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Louis J. Gasnier and William Schorr and written by James B. Fagan and Agnes Brand Leahy. The film stars Sari Maritza, Gene Raymond, Marguerite Churchill, Irving Pichel, Harry Beresford and Kent Taylor. The film was released on May 22, 1932, by Paramount Pictures.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9807E1DC133EE633A25751C0A9609C946394D6CF|title=Movie Review - Forgotten Commandments - Sari Maritza, a Continental Film Favorite, in Her First American Picture, a Drama of Soviet Russia. - NYTimes.com|work=nytimes.com|accessdate=February 22, 2015}}{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/75426/forgotten-commandments|title=Forgotten Commandments (1932) - Overview - TCM.com|work=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=February 22, 2015}}
Overview
The framework story serves as a backdrop to a retelling of the Exodus tale and, more importantly, to the recycling of footage from the silent version of The Ten Commandments.
Cast
- Sari Maritza as Anya Sorina
- Gene Raymond as Paul Ossipoff
- Marguerite Churchill as Marya Ossipoff
- Irving Pichel as Prof. Marinoff
- Harry Beresford as Priest
- Kent Taylor as Gregor
- Joe Sawyer as Ivan Ivanovitch Petroff
- Edward Van Sloan as Doctor
- William Barrymore as Burly Student
- Sidney Miller as Student
- John Carradine as First Orator
- Harry Cording as Officer
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0022907|Forgotten Commandments}}
{{Louis J. Gasnier}}
Category:Paramount Pictures films
Category:Films directed by Louis J. Gasnier
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:1930s English-language films
Category:Films scored by Rudolph G. Kopp
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