MS 679 07 10
Reference code
MS 679 07 10
Title
Moelwyn Merchant archive: Papers relating to ‘The Bible’ film by Dino De Laurentiis, with Moelwyn Merchant acting as a consultant/ writer
Level
Sub-series
Administrative / Biographical history
The film ‘The Bible’ was produced by Dino De Laurentiis with a screenplay by Christopher Fry. They had previously collaborated together on the film ‘Barabbas’.
It was a multi-million dollar production of ‘the Bible’ in its entirety, divided into three films. Moelwyn Merchant was employed as a treatment writer/ special consultant, for the two films that covered the Old Testament. He particularly dealt with the sequences dealing with the Creation, Cain and Abel, the Story of Moses and the Ten Commandments
It was a multi-million dollar production of ‘the Bible’ in its entirety, divided into three films. Moelwyn Merchant was employed as a treatment writer/ special consultant, for the two films that covered the Old Testament. He particularly dealt with the sequences dealing with the Creation, Cain and Abel, the Story of Moses and the Ten Commandments
Date
1963-1966
Extent & medium
5 files
Content description
Containing correspondence, photographs, productions notes and related papers concerning the film and Merchant's involvement
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- Moelwyn Merchant archive: Correspondence, background research and related papers concerning the film ‘The Bible, MS 679 07 10 01, (1962-1964)
- Moelwyn Merchant archive: Scripts and production notes relating to the film ‘The Bible, MS 679 07 10 02, (1962-1964)
- Moelwyn Merchant archive: Photographs relating to the film ‘The Bible, MS 679 07 10 03, ([1965-1966])
- Moelwyn Merchant archive: Ephemera and related items concerning the film ‘The Bible’, MS 679 07 10 04, (1964-1966)
- Moelwyn Merchant archive: Printed and published papers relating the film ‘The Bible’, MS 679 07 10 05, (1963-1966)