Cecil B. DeMille (1881 - 1959)

American film director and Academy Award-winning film producer in both silent and sound films.

* August 12, 1881 Ashfield, Massachusetts, USA
 as Cecil Blount DeMille
 January 21, 1959 Hollywood, California, USA



Vintage magazines

Mon Ciné, nr. 6, 30 March 1922
Mon Ciné, nr. 44, 21 December 1922
Picture Play Magazine, January 1922

Picture Play Magazine, January 1923
Picture Play Magazine, January 1923
Picture Play Magazine, February 1923

Picture Play Magazine, March 1923
Picture Play Magazine, March 1923
Picture Play Magazine, March 1923


Books by Cecil B. DeMille

Cecil B. De Mille, edited by Donald Hayne
The Autobiography of Cecil B. De Mille
Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1959

Books on Cecil B. DeMille

Scott Eyman
Empire of dreams, The epic life of Cecil B. DeMille
New York, 2010

Simon Louvish
Cecil B. DeMille, A life in art
New York, 2008

Robert S. Birchard
Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood
Lexington, 2004

Sumiko Higashi
Cecil B. DeMille and American Culture, The Silent Era
Berkeley, Los Angeles and London, 1994

Sumiko Higashi
Cecil B. DeMille, a guide to references and resources
Boston, Mass., 1985

Charles Higham
Cecil B. De Mille
New York, 1973

Gabe Essoe and Raymond Lee DeMille Gabe Essoe and Raymond Lee
DeMille, The Man and His Pictures
New York, 1970

Gene Ringgold and DeWitt Bodeen The Films of Cecil B. De Mille Gene Ringgold and DeWitt Bodeen
The Films of Cecil B. De Mille
New York, 1969

Michael Mourlet Cecil B. De Mille Michael Mourlet
Cecil B. De Mille
Paris, 1968

Phil A. Koury
Yes, Mr. De Mille
New York, 1959

Books with substantial mentioning of Cecil B. DeMille

Brian J. Robb Silent cinema Brian J. Robb
Silent cinema
Harpenden, Herts, 2007

John C. Tibbetts and James M. Welsh The Encyclopedia of Filmmakers John C. Tibbetts and James M. Welsh
The Encyclopedia of Filmmakers, Volume I
New York, NY, 2002

Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.)
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 2. Directors
Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000

Andrew Sarris (editor) The St. James Film Directors Encyclopedia Andrew Sarris (editor)
The St. James Film Directors Encyclopedia
Detroit - New York - Toronto - London, 1998

Gregg Felsen Tombstones Gregg Felsen
Tombstones, 75 Famous People and Their Final Resting Places
Berkeley, California, 1997

Ann Lloyd (ed.) Movies of the Thirties Ann Lloyd (ed.)
Movies of the Thirties
London, 1983

Kevin Brownlow The Parade's Gone by... Kevin Brownlow
The Parade's Gone by...
Berkeley and Los Angeles, California, 1976

Richard Koszarski
Hollywood Directors, 1914-1940
New York, 1976

Stanley Hochman (ed.)
A Library of Film Criticism, American Film Directors
New York, 1974

Ray Stuart (ed.) Immortals of the Screen Ray Stuart (ed.)
Immortals of the Screen
New York, 1965

Charles Donald Fox and Milton L. Silver (eds.) Who's Who on the Screen Charles Donald Fox and Milton L. Silver (eds.)
Who's Who on the Screen
New York City, 1920

Books with an entry on Cecil B. DeMille

Richard Abel (ed.) Encyclopedia of early cinema Richard Abel (ed.)
Encyclopedia of early cinema
London and New York, 2005

David Thomson The New Biographical Dictionary of Film David Thomson
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
New York, 2003

Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor The American movies reference book Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor
The American movies reference book, The sound era
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,, 1969

Martin J. Quigley (ed.) The Motion Picture Almanac Martin J. Quigley (ed.)
The Motion Picture Almanac, Big Stars in Big Pictures
Chicago, Ill., 1929

Books with photograph(s) of Cecil B. DeMille

Mary Dawn Earley
Stars of the Twenties, Observed by James Abbe
New York, 1975

Articles on Cecil B. DeMille

Gaylyn Studlar, Erich von Stroheim and Cecil B. Demille, Early Hollywood and the Discourse of Directorial "Genius", in: Cynthia Lucia, Roy Grundmann, and Art Simon (ed.), The Wiley-Blackwell History of American Film, Malden, MA, Oxford, Chisester, 2012

Sumiko Higashi, The New Woman and Consumer Culture, in: Jennifer M. Bean and Diane Negra (eds.), A Feminist Reader in Early Cinema, Durham & London, 2002

Allen W. Palmer, Cecil B. DeMille writes America's history for the 1939 World's Fair, in: Film History, vol. 5, 1993 pp. 36-48

Lea Jacobs, Belasco, DeMille and the development of Lasky lighting, in: Film History, vol. 5, 1993 pp. 405-418

Sumiko Higashi, Cecil B. DeMille and the Lasky Company, Legitimating Feature Film as Art, in: Film History, vol. 4, 1990 pp. 181-197

Films

1914
The Virginian
The Ghost Breaker
The Squaw Man
Rose of the Rancho
The Man from Home
What's His Name
The Call of the North
Brewster's Millions
The Circus Man
The Master Mind
The Only Son

1915
The Cheat
The Warrens of Virginia
Carmen
The Unafraid
Temptation
The Golden Chance
Chimmie Fadden Out West
Kindling
Chimmie Fadden
The Arab
The Wild Goose Chase
The Captive
The Girl of the Golden West
After Five

1916
Joan the Woman
The Dream Girl
Maria Rosa
The Heart of Nora Flynn
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

1917
The Little American
A Romance of the Redwoods
The Devil-Stone
The Woman God Forgot
Nan of Music Mountain

1918
The Whispering Chorus
The Squaw Man
Till I Come Back to You
We Can't Have Everything
Old Wives for New

1919
Male and Female
Don't Change Your Husband
For Better, For Worse

1920
Something to Think About
Why Change Your Wife?

1921
The Affairs of Anatol
Fool's Paradise
Forbidden Fruit

1922
Manslaughter
Saturday Night

1923
Hollywood
The Ten Commandments
Adam's Rib

1924
Feet of Clay
Triumph

1925
The Road to Yesterday
The Golden Bed

1926
The Volga Boatman
Her Man o' War

1927
The King of Kings
The Fighting Eagle
The Yankee Clipper

1928
Let 'Er Go Gallegher
Hold 'Em Yale
Walking Back

1929
Dynamite
The Godless Girl

1930
Madam Satan
Free and Easy
Estrellados

1931
The Squaw Man

1932
The Sign of the Cross

1933
Hollywood on Parade No. A-9
This Day and Age

1934
Cleopatra
Four Frightened People

1935
The Crusades

1936
The Plainsman

1937
The Last Train from Madrid

1938
The Buccaneer

1939
Union Pacific
Land of Liberty

1940
North West Mounted Police

1941
Glamour Boy

1942
Reap the Wild Wind
Star-Spangled Rhythm

1944
The Story of Dr. Wassell

1947
Unconquered
Variety Girl

1949
Samson and Delilah

1950
Sunset Boulevard

1951
When Worlds Collide

1952
The Greatest Show on Earth
Son of Paleface

1953
The War of the Worlds

1956
The Ten Commandments

1957
The Buster Keaton Story
The Heart of Show Business

1958
The Buccaneer

1975
Brother Can You Spare a Dime

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