
The Life of Moses
1909-12-04 · 54 min · ★ 1.0
Released in five parts (The Persecution of the Children of Israel by the Egyptians, Forty Years in the Land of Midian, The Plagues of Egypt and the Deliverance of the Hebrews, The Victory of Israel, The Promised Land), 4 December 1909 to 19 February 1910. A Vitagraph advertisement in the Moving Picture World (31 Dec. 1909) refers to The Life of Moses as a "Biblical Film-de-Luxe". It is preserved in the Library of Congress collection.
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- J. Stuart Blackton
- Production companies
- Vitagraph Company of America
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- United States of America
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- Released
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Pat HartiganMoses
Julia Arthur
William Humphrey
Charles Kent
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