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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 Commandments (1956). He blended spectacle, sex, and spellbinding narrative to convey a message of faith. It was DeMille who created the image of the omnipotent director, megaphone in hand, wearing boots and a visored cap. DeMille gave Hollywood numerous stars: Wallace Reid, Gloria Swanson, William (“Hopalong Cassidy”) Boyd, Claudette Colbert, Robert Preston, Jean Arthur, and Charlton Heston. DeMille created the posts of studio story editor, art director, and concept artist. He was one of the first to use theatrical lighting on a movie set. In the late 1920s, when Hollywood converted to sound films, DeMille defied the sound experts, liberating the camera from a confining booth, and implementing the microphone boom. DeMille’s authority extended beyond the confines of his studio. He was a power in aviation, banking, politics, and real estate. In the 1930s, his fame as a filmmaker was surpassed by his fame as a radio star. He was a founder of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, an institution from which he eventually won two awards. In 1953 his film The Greatest Show on Earth won the Award for Best Picture of 1952; and he was presented with the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award. DeMille’s influence on world culture is incalculable, but there are estimates and milestones. His biography of Jesus Christ, The King of Kings, was a silent film, but because of a unique distribution arrangement, it was eventually seen by 800 million viewers. Samson and Delilah (1949) and The Ten Commandments (1956) are still listed with the top ten all-time box-office champions. They continue to generate revenue and provoke thought.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1881-08-12
- event Death Date 1959-01-21
- school Known for: Directing
- star Popularity: 3.7
- info Birth Place Ashfield, Massachusetts, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Cecil B. DeMille
8.4
Sunset Boulevard
1950-08-10
0
Estrellados
1930-07-07
7.4
Yul Brynner, the Magnificent
2020-12-02
7
Hollywood
1923-08-19
6.4
Reap the Wild Wind
1942-03-26
0
Life in Hollywood No. 1
1927-08-25
5.9
Star Spangled Rhythm
1942-03-05
6.1
Variety Girl
1947-08-29
6.5
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983-02-25
4.9
The Buster Keaton Story
1957-05-01
0
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
1945-09-06
0
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942-01-01
6.3
Son of Paleface
1952-07-14
10
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984-01-01
6
A Trip to Paramountown
1922-07-10
5.4
The Circus: Premiere
1928-01-13
7.1
Hail Satan?
2019-04-17
0
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
1933-12-01
6.5
Samson and Delilah
1949-12-21
6.1
Free and Easy
1930-03-22
6.3
North West Mounted Police
1940-10-22
6.3
The Greatest Show on Earth
1952-02-16
6.3
The Story of Dr. Wassell
1944-07-04
5.8
Madam Satan
1930-09-20
6
Hollywood Extra Girl
1935-08-22
4.3
The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille
2016-02-11
5.7
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975-08-06
3
Jens Mons in America
1947-03-24
7
Sword-and-Sandal
2019-04-14
4.9
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007-05-23
7
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014-02-01
6.2
Unconquered
1947-10-10
3.5
The Movies March On
1939-07-03
0
The Hollywood You Never See
1934-01-20
7.8
The Ten Commandments
1956-10-05
8
Patterns of Evidence: The Red Sea Miracle II
2020-05-05
10
Patterns of Evidence: The Red Sea Miracle
2020-02-18
0
The Fallbrook Story
1952-01-01
7.7
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
2021-05-07
6.5
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948-06-20
6.4
This Is Your Life
1952-10-01
0
Spécial cinéma
1974-09-25
8
Cinépanorama
1956-02-04
6.6
What's My Line?
1950-02-02
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6.6
Lord Chumley
1914-06-14
6.6
The Wedding Song
1925-11-29
6.6
The Love Mask
1916-04-13
6.6
The Buccaneer
1958-12-11
6.6
The Buccaneer
1958-12-11
6.6
The Ten Commandments
1956-10-05
6.6
The Ten Commandments
1956-10-05
6.6
The Ten Commandments
1923-11-23
6.6
The Ten Commandments
1923-11-23
6.6
Joan the Woman
1916-12-25
6.6
Nan of Music Mountain
1917-12-12
6.6
The Greatest Show on Earth
1952-02-16
6.6
Samson and Delilah
1949-12-21
6.6
Four Frightened People
1934-01-26
6.6
Union Pacific
1939-05-05
6.6
Reap the Wild Wind
1942-03-26
6.6
The Plainsman
1936-11-16
6.6
Cleopatra
1934-10-05
6.6
Cleopatra
1934-10-05
6.6
The Volga Boatman
1926-05-23
6.6
The Volga Boatman
1926-05-23
6.6
The Wild Goose Chase
1915-05-27
6.6
The King of Kings
1927-04-19
6.6
The Sign of the Cross
1932-11-30
6.6
Don't Change Your Husband
1919-01-26
6.6
North West Mounted Police
1940-10-22
6.6
Unconquered
1947-10-10
6.6
The Cheat
1915-12-13
6.6
The Cheat
1915-12-13
6.6
Forbidden Fruit
1921-01-03
6.6
Madam Satan
1930-09-20
6.6
The Affairs of Anatol
1921-09-25
6.6
Male and Female
1919-11-23
6.6
Why Change Your Wife?
1920-05-21
6.6
The Story of Dr. Wassell
1944-07-04
6.6
The Godless Girl
1928-08-20
6.6
The Golden Bed
1925-01-25
6.6
The Crusades
1935-08-21
6.6
The Virginian
1914-09-07
6.6
This Day and Age
1933-08-25
6.6
Carmen
1915-10-31
6.6
The Squaw Man
1918-12-15
6.6
The Buccaneer
1938-02-04
6.6
The Whispering Chorus
1918-03-28
6.6
The Squaw Man
1914-02-15
6.6
A Romance of the Redwoods
1917-05-14
6.6
Manslaughter
1922-09-24
6.6
Old Wives for New
1918-05-18
6.6
The Woman God Forgot
1917-10-27
6.6
The Golden Chance
1915-12-30
6.6
The Squaw Man
1931-07-21
6.6
The Road to Yesterday
1925-11-13
6.6
Dynamite
1929-12-13
6.6
Something to Think About
1920-10-16
6.6
For Better, for Worse
1919-04-26
6.6
The Ghost Breaker
1914-12-07
6.6
The Ghost Breaker
1914-12-07
6.6
The Ghost Breaker
1914-12-07
6.6
The Little American
1917-07-12
6.6
Madam Satan
1930-09-20
6.6
White Gold
1927-02-24
6.6
The King of Kings
1927-04-19
6.6
Vanity
1927-05-09
6.6
The Fighting Eagle
1927-08-28
6.6
The Angel of Broadway
1927-10-02
6.6
Let 'Er Go Gallegher
1928-01-14
6.6
The Godless Girl
1928-08-20
6.6
Saturday Night
1922-01-29
6.6
The Squaw Man
1914-02-15
6.6
The Heart of Nora Flynn
1916-04-22
6.6
Samson and Delilah
1949-12-21
6.6
The Warrens of Virginia
1915-02-14
6.6
The Warrens of Virginia
1915-02-14
6.6
Male and Female
1919-11-23
6.6
The Unafraid
1915-04-01
6.6
The Unafraid
1915-04-01
6.6
Land of Liberty
1939-06-15
6.6
Triumph
1924-04-27
6.6
Adam's Rib
1923-09-24
6.6
Adam's Rib
1923-09-24
6.6
We Can't Have Everything
1918-07-07
6.6
We Can't Have Everything
1918-07-07
6.6
Temptation
1915-12-15
6.6
The Cruise of the Jasper B
1926-12-12
6.6
Reap the Wild Wind
1942-03-26
6.6
Feet of Clay
1924-09-27
6.6
The Sign of the Cross
1932-11-30
6.6
Four Frightened People
1934-01-26
6.6
Why Change Your Wife?
1920-05-21
6.6
The Cheat
1915-12-13
6.6
The Golden Chance
1915-12-30
6.6
Carmen
1915-10-31
6.6
The Golden Chance
1915-12-30
6.6
The Golden Chance
1915-12-30
6.6
Carmen
1915-10-31
6.6
Forbidden Fruit
1921-01-03
6.6
Forbidden Fruit
1921-01-03
6.6
Something to Think About
1920-10-16
6.6
Whispering Smith
1926-03-28
6.6
The Plainsman
1936-11-16
6.6
Brewster's Millions
1914-04-14
6.6
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
1916-02-13
6.6
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
1916-02-13
6.6
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
1916-02-13
6.6
Kindling
1915-07-12
6.6
Kindling
1915-07-12
6.6
Kindling
1915-07-12
6.6
A Romance of the Redwoods
1917-05-14
6.6
North West Mounted Police
1940-10-22
6.6
This Day and Age
1933-08-25
6.6
Union Pacific
1939-05-05
6.6
A Romance of the Redwoods
1917-05-14
6.6
The Virginian
1914-09-07
6.6
A Romance of the Redwoods
1917-05-14
6.6
The Squaw Man
1914-02-15
6.6
Old Wives for New
1918-05-18
6.6
Old Wives for New
1918-05-18
6.6
The Captive
1915-04-22
6.6
The Captive
1915-04-22
6.6
The Little American
1917-07-12
6.6
The Little American
1917-07-12
6.6
The Little American
1917-07-12
6.6
Joan the Woman
1916-12-25
6.6
The Captive
1915-04-22
6.6
The Captive
1915-04-22
6.6
Joan the Woman
1916-12-25
6.6
Silence
1926-04-25
6.6
The Rose of the Rancho
1914-11-15
6.6
The Rose of the Rancho
1914-11-15
6.6
The Woman God Forgot
1917-10-27
6.6
The Woman God Forgot
1917-10-27
6.6
The Girl of the Golden West
1915-01-04
6.6
The Girl of the Golden West
1915-01-04
6.6
Lost and Won
1917-01-21
6.6
Red Dice
1926-03-14
6.6
The Man From Home
1914-11-09
6.6
The Man From Home
1914-11-09
6.6
The Man From Home
1914-11-09
6.6
The Man From Home
1914-11-09
6.6
The Story of Dr. Wassell
1944-07-04
6.6
The Buccaneer
1938-02-04
6.6
The Girl of the Golden West
1915-01-04
6.6
The Rose of the Rancho
1914-11-15
6.6
The Greatest Show on Earth
1952-02-16
6.6
The Dressmaker from Paris
1925-03-30
6.6
Maria Rosa
1916-05-07
6.6
Temptation
1915-12-15
6.6
The Call of the North
1914-08-10
6.6
Triumph
1924-04-27
6.6
Unconquered
1947-10-10
6.6
What's His Name
1914-10-22
6.6
What's His Name
1914-10-22
6.6
What's His Name
1914-10-22
6.6
Chimmie Fadden Out West
1915-11-21
6.6
Chimmie Fadden
1915-06-28
6.6
Chimmie Fadden
1915-06-28
6.6
Chimmie Fadden Out West
1915-11-21
6.6
Chimmie Fadden
1915-06-28
6.6
Chimmie Fadden
1915-06-28
6.6
What's His Name
1914-10-22
6.6
Chimmie Fadden Out West
1915-11-21
6.6
Chimmie Fadden Out West
1915-11-21
6.6
The Arab
1915-06-14
6.6
The Arab
1915-06-14
6.6
The Arab
1915-06-14
6.6
Ready Money
1914-11-05
6.6
Fool's Paradise
1921-12-09
6.6
The War of the Worlds
1953-08-13
6.6
The Devil Stone
1917-12-16
6.6
The Dream Girl
1916-07-17
6.6
Till I Come Back to You
1918-08-25
6.6
The Only Son
1914-06-15
6.6
After Five
1915-01-28
6.6
The Circus Man
1914-11-19