The Ten Commandments
1956
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August 12, 1881 · Ashfield, Massachusetts, USA. Died. January 21, 1959 · Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA (heart ailment) Birth name. Cecil Blount DeMille. Nicknames. C.B. The Master of Spectacle. The Master of the Biblical Epic. Height. 5′ 10″ (1.78 m) Mini Bio. His parents Henry C. DeMille and Beatrice DeMille were playwrights.
May 19, 2023 · Celeste Neill. 19 May 2023. Cecil B. DeMille from the trailer for the film The Ten Commandments (1956). Cecil B. DeMille was a visionary filmmaker and a true pioneer of Hollywood’s Golden Age, with a career that spanned several decades, during which he directed and produced a multitude of acclaimed films.
Overview. 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. Cecil Blount DeMille was a founder of the Hollywood motion-picture industry. His first film, The Squaw Man, was the first feature film shot in Hollywood. His last, The Ten Commandments, remains a box-office legend. He made stars and cultivated artists. He was successful in aviation, banking, real estate, and radio.
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.
Jan 22, 2013 · Tue 22 Jan 2013 04.48 EST. Cecil B. deMille, who was often described as the "founder" of Hollywood, died at his home there yesterday after a short illness. He was 77.
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.
