HESTON, CHARLTON. Original Typed Letter Signed from Charlton Heston Talking About His Role as Moses in Cecil B. DeMille’s The Ten Commandments. Los Angeles: 1 page, quarto, January 14, 1957. Written on his personal printed stationery, Heston writes to Charles A. Allicoste, editor of The Film Daily. The film industry newspaper had chosen Charlton Heston and The Ten Commandments for a special award. “...The news that my performance as Moses had been selected by the critics and commentators as one of the best of the year reached me in Cincinnati during a particularly grueling lap of my tour on behalf of my picture. I think you can imagine how bright my day suddenly became. I returned to the coast today to find your kind letter and the scroll awaiting me. That I feel myself deeply honored goes without saying. Let me also tell you how grateful I am that you should write me so warmly...I can only say that Moses is beyond question the most significant role I will ever play in films. I feel very deeply that any honors accorded me because of it are rather a measure of of the role that of my efforts in its definition....” Fine. In a career of many fine performances, Heston’s role as Moses in The Ten Commandments, has indeed come down through the years as his most famous role. The now film classic maintains a high popularity with an 88% positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and every year the film continues to have a national screening on ABC television at Easter which is a remarkable feat for a 1956 film.