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Known as the father of the Hollywood motion picture industry, Cecil B. DeMille made 70 films including several box-office hits. DeMille is one of the more commercially successful film directors in history, with his films before the release of The Ten Commandments estimated to have grossed $650 million worldwide.
- 1899–1958
- THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (1956) Screenplay by Aeneas MacKenzie, Jesse L. Lasky Jr., Jack Gariss, Fredric M. Frank, based on ‘Prince of Egypt’ by Dorothy Clarke Wilson, ‘Pillar of Fire’ by J.H.
- CLEOPATRA (1934) Screenplay by Waldemar Young and Vincent Lawrence, adaptation by Bartlett Cormack. Starring Claudette Colbert, Warren Williams, Henry Wilcoxon, Joseph Schildkraut.
- THE KING OF KINGS (1927) Written by Jeannie Macpherson. Starring H.B. Warner, Dorothy Cumming, Ernest Torrence, Joseph Schildkraut, James Neill.
- THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH (1952) Written by Fredric M. Frank, Theodore St. John, Frank Cavett, Barre Lyndon. Starring Betty Hutton, Cornel Wilde, Charlton Heston, James Stewart, Dorothy Lamour, Gloria Grahame, Lyle Bettger.
His best-known were biblical/religious epics: Joan the Woman (1916), The Ten Commandments (1923), The King of Kings (1927), The Sign of the Cross (1932), The Crusades (1935), Samson and Delilah (1949), and The Ten Commandments (1956).
- January 1, 1
- Ashfield, Massachusetts, USA
- January 1, 1
- Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
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.
Cecil B. DeMille movies: 20 greatest films, ranked worst to best, include ‘The Ten Commandments,’ ‘The King of Kings’. Cecil B. DeMille would’ve celebrated his 138th birthday on August 12, 2019. One of cinema’s earliest pioneers, the Oscar-winning director helmed 70 films throughout the silent and sound era.
1. The Ten Commandments (1956) “The Ten Commandments” is a 1956 epic religious drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. The film tells the story of Moses, from his adoption by the Pharaoh’s daughter through his leadership of the Israelites and the delivery of the Ten Commandments.
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Biography. 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.
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