Based on the play

Joseph And His Coat Of Many Colors (1914)


Facts
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $100,000 |
Titles |
(Working)
Joseph and His Brethren
|
Production | |
Distribution |
(1915)
Dormet Film Company
(1914)
Sawyer, Inc
|
Categories
Ancient Egypt Based on Play Based on the Bible Biblical Drama Black and White Brother-Brother Relationship Drama Dreams Envy Jacob son of Isaac Joseph son of Jacob Prison Prophesy Silent Film Slavery DramaAncient Egypt, Based on Play, Based on the Bible, Biblical Drama, Black and White, Brother-Brother Relationship, Dreams, Envy, Jacob son of Isaac, Joseph son of Jacob, Prison, Prophesy, Silent Film, SlaveryDescriptions
The film was produced by Rheinstrom Brothers for Sawyer, Inc. Re-released as "Joseph and his Brethren" in 1915 by Dormet Film Company.
Incidents depicted in the life of Joseph of Canaan include: the conspiracy of his brothers to sell him into slavery and strip him of the coat of many colors given to him by his father Jacob; Jacob's grief upon seeing the torn, bloody coat and hearing from the brothers that Joseph died under a lion's claw; Joseph's hardships as a slave; his arrival in Egypt; his life as a slave in the house of Potiphar, an Egyptian official, whose wife Zelikah tries to seduce Joseph and then accuses him of molesting her; his imprisonment; his prophecy, which comes true, telling of life for one fellow prisoner and death for another; his interpretation for the Pharoah of the dream of the seven lean and seven fat kine; the seven years of famine in Egypt; and the reconciliation with Joseph's father, brothers, their wives, and children in Egypt.
Source: AFI
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Cast
John St. Polis | - | Joseph |
Emile La Croix | - | Pharaoh |
C. C. Barrett | - |
Crew
Louis N. Parker | - | Writer (Play) |