Cecil B. DeMille
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Cecil B. DeMille is a director rather than a performer responsible for choices the audience only ever sees the result of. The record opens, for most readers, with 'The Ten Commandments'. He is also credited on 'The Greatest Show on Earth'. Drama is where most of these projects belong. At 78 credits, this is a career of some volume.
Cecil B. DeMille
78 Directed
Cecil B. DeMille is a director rather than a performer responsible for choices the audience only ever sees the result of. The record opens, for most readers, with 'The Ten Commandments'. He is also credited on 'The Greatest Show on Earth'. Drama is where most of these projects belong. At 78 credits, this is a career of some volume.
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The Ten Commandments
1956
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Samson and Delilah
1949
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The Greatest Show on Earth
1952
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Unconquered
1947
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The Sign of the Cross
1932
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Cleopatra
1934
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Union Pacific
1939
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The Ten Commandments
1923
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North West Mounted Police
1940
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Reap the Wild Wind
1942
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The Plainsman
1936
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The King of Kings
1927
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The Story of Dr. Wassell
1944
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The Buccaneer
1938
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The Crusades
1935
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The Cheat
1915
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The Godless Girl
1928
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Madam Satan
1930
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Forbidden Fruit
1921
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The Affairs of Anatol
1921
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Old Wives for New
1918
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Joan the Woman
1916
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The Little American
1917
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Manslaughter
1922
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For Better, for Worse
1919
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The Girl of the Golden West
1915
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The Road to Yesterday
1925
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The Woman God Forgot
1917
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Saturday Night
1922
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Carmen
1915
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Male and Female
1919
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The Squaw Man
1931
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The Volga Boatman
1926
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Four Frightened People
1934
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The Golden Chance
1915
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This Day and Age
1933
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The Virginian
1914
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The Squaw Man
1914
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The Golden Bed
1925
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Why Change Your Wife?
1920
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A Romance of the Redwoods
1917
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Don't Change Your Husband
1919
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Dynamite
1929
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The Captive
1915
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Adam's Rib
1923
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The Whispering Chorus
1918
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The Call of the North
1914
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Till I Come Back to You
1918
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Something to Think About
1920
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Fool's Paradise
1921
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The Ten Commandments
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1956
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The Greatest Show on Earth
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1952
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Samson and Delilah
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1949
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Unconquered
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1947
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The Story of Dr. Wassell
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1944
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Reap the Wild Wind
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1942
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North West Mounted Police
Director
1940
Film
Union Pacific
Director
1939
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The Buccaneer
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1938
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Cecil B. DeMille still alive?
Cecil B. DeMille passed away on January 21, 1959 at age 77.
What are the most famous roles of Cecil B. DeMille?
Cecil B. DeMille is best known for directing The Ten Commandments, The Greatest Show on Earth, Samson and Delilah.
How many movies has Cecil B. DeMille directed?
Over a 45-year career (since 1914), Cecil B. DeMille has directed or written 78 films and worked on 0 TV shows.
What was Cecil B. DeMille's first movie?
The career of Cecil B. DeMille began with The Squaw Man (1914).
What is Cecil B. DeMille's most recent movie or series?
Cecil B. DeMille's most recent release is The Ten Commandments, which premiered on October 5, 1956.
Cecil B. DeMille
1881-08-12 · Ashfield, États-Unis
Cecil Blount DeMille (August 12, 1881 – January 21, 1959) was an American filmmaker, known as 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.