So let it be written, so let it be done.
Many of the thousands of Ten Commandments statues gracing public parks, courthouses and city halls around the country–including the one whose constitutionality is being considered by the Supreme Court–were placed by Cecil B. DeMille and the Fraternal Order of Eagles as a promotion for the film. Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, and Martha Scott attended many of the monument unveilings.
Many Commandments monuments started out as movie promotion [dallas morning news, via mefi]
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the making of, by greg allen