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The October 2002 issue of Vanity Fair Magazine saluted Paramount’s ninetieth Anniversary by writing: “Somewhere Cecil B. DeMille is smiling.”. DeMille left a physical legacy in 1923 when, on completing The Ten Commandments, he buried the Egyptian sets in the sand dunes of Guadalupe. He wanted to prevent other companies from shooting on ...
Filmography. Cecil B. DeMille was the consummate Renaissance man, as comfortable discussing astronomy as he was riding a horse, or inventing a lighting fixture. This diversity of interests contributed to his work as a filmmaker, and his films are his legacy. To help the website visitor appreciate these works, the site provides a profile of each ...
Mar 17, 2013 · Cecil Blount deMille, 12 th August 1881, Ashfield, Massachusetts, USA. d. 21 st January 1959, Hollywood, California, USA. 1. The Enigmatic Pop Culture Professional. Legendary producer-director Cecil B. DeMille, (1) affectionately known as C.B., was a seminal cofounder of Hollywood and a progenitor of Paramount studio who became a mega-star of ...
Cecil B. DeMille. Highest Rated: 100% The Plainsman (1936) Lowest Rated: 40% Madam Satan (1930) Birthday: Aug 12, 1881. Birthplace: Ashfield, Massachusetts, USA. Having emerged as a potent force ...
Cecil B. DeMille passed away January 21, 1959, from a heart condition. Just two years before his death, and shortly after the release of his last film, The Ten Commandments, he delivered a commencement address at Brigham Young University. In his address, he compares the exodus of the Israelites under Moses’s direction to that of the Mormon ...
Cecil Blount DeMille was a founder of the Hollywood motion-picture industry, one of the most commercially successful producer-directors of his time, and one of the most influential filmmakers in history. Between 1914 and 1956, he made seventy feature films; all but seven were profitable. Cecil B. DeMille is synonymous with religious epics: The King of Kings, Samson and Delilah, and The Ten ...
Dec 7, 2014 · It's time for Cecil B. DeMille's closeup, courtesy of Rita Braver: He was the very definition of a big-time Hollywood producer-director in the first half of the 20th century. Making more than 70 ...
