[314] DeMille's Union Pacific received a Palme d'Or in retrospect at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. A Biblical epic with sex, it was a characteristically DeMille film. They were even required to expand to RKO sound studios for filming. Cecil B. DeMille tervezte az USA Katonai Akadémia egyenruháját. DeMille. [172] DeMille's funeral was held on January 23 at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church. [244], Known as the father of the Hollywood motion picture industry, Cecil B. DeMille made 70 films including several box-office hits. [190] Plot and dialogue was not a strong point of DeMille's films. [147], DeMille's next film, Samson and Delilah in 1949, became Paramount's highest-grossing film up to that time. She would die one year later. Sons-and daughters-in-law were required to call him "Mr. DeMille", and Richard deMille never recalled hugging his father, claiming he received handshakes instead. [34], Their age difference led to their sexual incompatibility; according to DeMille, Adams was too "pure" to "feel such violent and evil passions". Eventually, he became manager of the agency and later, a junior partner with his mother. [210] He despised actors who were unwilling to take physical risks, especially when he had first demonstrated that the required stunt would not harm them. [164] Although DeMille completed the film, his health was diminished by several more heart attacks. His first three films were Westerns, and he filmed many Westerns throughout his career. [137] Following his surgery and the success of Union Pacific, in 1940, DeMille first used three-strip Technicolor in North West Mounted Police. His silent films included social dramas, comedies, Westerns, farces, morality plays, and historical pageants. [264] Producer David O. Selznick wrote: "There has appeared only one Cecil B. DeMille. DeMille plays himself in the film. [157] Adolph Zukor convinced the board to change their minds on the grounds of morality. [186] It is difficult to typify DeMille's films into one specific genre. [270] DeMille's reputation had a renaissance in the 2010s. DeMille did not believe a large movie set was the place to discuss minor character or line issues. [17] The family lived in Washington, North Carolina,[18] until Henry built a three-story Victorian-style house for his family in Pompton Lakes, New Jersey; they named this estate "Pamlico". DeMille served as executive producer, overseeing producer Henry Wilcoxon. [235][188][236], Aside from his Biblical and historical epics which are concerned with how man relates to God, some of DeMille's films contained themes of "neo-naturalism" which portray the conflict between the laws of man and the laws of nature. [26] Before Henry deMille's death, Beatrice had "enthusiastically supported" her husband's theatrical aspirations. He was the first recipient of the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award, which was named in his honor. Despite his loss, DeMille continued to lobby for the Taft–Hartley Act, which passed. [160] Production of The Ten Commandments began in October 1954. [173] After his death, notable news outlets such as The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and The Guardian honored DeMille as "pioneer of movies", "the greatest creator and showman of our industry", and "the founder of Hollywood". His silent films included social dramas, comedies, Westerns, farces, morality plays, and historical pageants. Cecil B. DeMille -palkinto (engl. These films represent those which DeMille produced or assisted in directing, credited or uncredited. By 1959, he was back, however. [60] In addition to directing, DeMille was the supervisor and consultant for the first year of films made by the Lasky Feature Play Company. [207] DeMille had an authoritarian persona on set; he required absolute attention from the cast and crew. [111], The immense popularity of DeMille's silent films enabled him to branch out into other areas. Additionally, during the war, DeMille volunteered for the Justice Department's Intelligence Office, investigating friends, neighbors, and others he came in contact with in connection with the Famous Players-Lasky. The school closed and Beatrice filed for bankruptcy. His graduation performance was the play The Arcady Trail. Die Zehn Gebote (Originaltitel: The Ten Commandments) ist ein US-amerikanischer Monumentalfilm von Cecil B. DeMille aus dem Jahr 1923. He began his career with reserved yet brilliant melodramas. [295] The title of the 2000 John Waters film Cecil B. Demented alludes to DeMille. [242] In relation to his own interests and sexual preferences, sadomasochism was a minor theme present in some of his films. "But he put on pictures that made a fortune. DeMille. Furthermore, DeMille's film won the Academy Award for Best Picture and the Academy Award for Best Story. Jego imieniem nazwano honorowe wyróżnienie Złotych Globów, wręczane za całokształt filmowej twórczości – Nagrodę im. DeMille made a 1905 reprise in Hamlet as Osric. [248] Similarly, scholar David Blanke, argued that DeMille had lost the respect of his colleagues and film critics by his late film career. [318], Filmography obtained from Fifty Hollywood Directors.[319]:21–23. [277][278] DeMille received more than a dozen awards from Jewish religious and cultural groups, including B'nai B'rith. [3] The HFPA chose DeMille due to his prestige in the industry and his "internationally recognized and respected name". Henry murió cuando Cecil tenía 12 años y su madre comenzó a mantener el hogar, tras … [190] DeMille was the first director to connect art to filmmaking; he created the title of "art director" on the film set. [170] DeMille's autobiography was mostly completed by the time DeMille died and was published in November 1959. Additionally, he often starred in prologues and special trailers that he created for his films, having an opportunity to personally address the audience. [41] However, none of these were very successful; William deMille was most successful when he worked alone. The gathering drew 93,000, with short speeches by, While the film was a huge success, DeMille regretted that he could not share the success with his wife who had developed, The estate cycled through several different homeowners for the next 30 years until it was bought by American actress. [32] At the age of twenty-one, Cecil B. DeMille married Constance Adams on August 16, 1902 at Adams's father's home in East Orange, New Jersey. [6] His brother, William C. DeMille, was born on July 25, 1878. [134] William Keighley was his replacement. [217][218] DeMille displayed a loyalty to his performers, casting them repeatedly including: Henry Wilcoxon,[219] Julia Faye, Joseph Schildkraut,[220] Ian Keith,[221] Charles Bickford,[222] Theodore Roberts, Akim Tamiroff[223] and William Boyd. Consequently, he focused his efforts on his films' visuals. [233], DeMille was interested in art and his favorite artist was Gustave Doré; DeMille based some of his most well-known scenes on the work of Doré. However, DeMille's second remake at MGM in 1931 would be a failure. [21] Agnes would die on February 11, 1894, at the age of three from spinal meningitis. In the silent era, he was renowned for Male and Female (1919), Manslaughter (1922), The Volga Boatman (1926), and The Godless Girl (1928). [230], According to Scott Eyman, DeMille's films were at the same time masculine and feminine due to his thematic adventurousness and his eye for the extravagant. He suffered from a post-surgery infection from which he nearly did not recover, citing streptomycin as his saving grace. Sarris added that despite the influence of styles of contemporary directors throughout his career, DeMille's style remained unchanged. DeMille's return was approved by Zukor under the condition that DeMille not exceed his production budget of $650,000 for The Sign of the Cross. The Roaring Twenties were the boom years and DeMille took full advantage, opening the Mercury Aviation Company, one of America's first commercial airlines. [32] Publicists wrote that he became an actor in order to learn how direct and produce, but DeMille admitted that he became an actor in order to pay the bills. [180] Henry was heavily influenced by the work of Charles Kingsley whose ideas trickled down to DeMille. Consequently, the film was never made. He was entombed at the Hollywood Memorial Cemetery (now known as Hollywood Forever). DeMille instructed the guilty man to leave town and would never reveal his name. DeMille wanted to film in Canada; however, due to budget constraints, the film was instead shot in Oregon and Hollywood. He agreed with Roosevelt's abhorrence of Prohibition. [144], In 1942, DeMille released Paramount's most successful film, Reap the Wild Wind. [20] DeMille's sister Agnes was born on April 23, 1891; his mother nearly did not survive the birth. He donated. [201] DeMille was unique in using this technique. The cuts were sometimes rough, but the movies were always interesting. After being, "A Renaissance woman who acts (comedy and drama), dances, sings, and writes about her spiritual wanderings, always ready to go out on a limb. Lasky and DeMille maintained the widow Fleming on the payroll; however, according to leading actor House Peters Sr. DeMille refused to stop production for the funeral of Fleming. [146][note 10] DeMille's subsequent film Unconquered (1947) had the longest running time (146 minutes), longest filming schedule (102 days) and largest budget of $5 million. [81] The most successful films during the beginning of the Lasky Company were Brewster's Millions (co-directed by DeMille), Rose of the Rancho, and The Ghost Breaker. In order to cultivate DeMille's education and life skills, DeMille's mother sent him to Pennsylvania Military College (now Widener University) in Chester, Pennsylvania, at the age of fifteen. By 1930, DeMille had perfected his film style of mass-interest spectacle films with Western, Roman, or Biblical themes. Groesbeck's art was circulated on set to give actors and crew members a better understanding of DeMille's vision. This occurred with Victor Mature in Samson and Delilah. [226], Cecil B. DeMille's film production career evolved from critically significant silent films to financially significant sound films. Byli rodzicami córki Cecilii. [1] In 2018, Oprah Winfrey became the first African-American woman to receive the honor. We should get down on our knees to Cecil and say "Thank you! [271], As a filmmaker, DeMille was the aesthetic inspiration of many directors and films due to his early influence during the crucial development of the film industry. [104], In the early 1920s, scandal surrounded Paramount. [133] He began presenting speeches across the United States for the next few years. Here we have a man who made a film praising the Jewish people, that tells of Samson, one of the legends of our Scripture. [228] He began the production of epics earlier in his career until they began to solidify his career in the 1920s. [33] They had met in a theater in Washington D.C. while they were both acting in Hearts Are Trumps. [127] However, according to DeMille himself, he was not anti-union and belonged to a few unions himself. [132] DeMille would never again work on radio. [27] This was the first of few film collaborations with his brother William. [38] Despite his reputation for extramarital affairs, DeMille did not like to have affairs with his stars, as he believed it would cause him to lose control as a director. Alfred Hitchcock cited DeMille's 1921 film Forbidden Fruit as an influence of his work and one of his top ten favorite films. Several Paramount contractees were accused of rape, murder, and drug addiction. Despite the urging of his associate producer, DeMille wanted to return to the set right away. The Cecil B. DeMille Award is an honorary Golden Globe Award bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) for "outstanding contributions to the world of entertainment". DeMille's trademark scenes included bathtubs, lion attacks, and Roman orgies. [191] DeMille had large and frequent office conferences to discuss and examine all aspects of the working film including story-boards, props, and special effects. ", "Actor, director, producer, writer, winner of eight Golden Globes. [335], We have just lived through a war where our people were systematically executed. [179] His playwright father introduced him to the theater at a young age. Next, he would work with writers to develop the story that he was envisioning. [41] DeMille and his brother at times worked with the legendary impresario David Belasco, who had been a friend and collaborator of their father. [192], DeMille rarely gave direction to actors; he preferred to "office-direct" where he would work with actors in his office, going over characters and reading through scripts. [3] DeMille received the award the year his penultimate film, The Greatest Show on Earth, premiered. This was the first feature-length film made in Hollywood. [227] Throughout his career, he did not alter his films to better adhere to contemporary or popular styles. Peters claimed that he encouraged the cast to attend the funeral with him anyway since DeMille would not be able to shoot the film without him. However much I may dislike some of his pictures, it would be very silly of me, as a producer of commercial motion pictures, to demean for an instant his unparalleled skill as a maker of mass entertainment. William deMille would later convert from theater to Hollywood and would spend the rest of his career as a film director. [232] DeMille's 1956 version of The Ten Commandments, according to director Martin Scorsese, is renowned for its level of production and the care and detail that went into creating the film. [178][note 12], DeMille believed his first influences to be his parents, Henry and Beatrice DeMille. Any problems on the set were often fixed by writers in the office rather than on the set. Compared to other directors, few film scholars have taken the time to academically analyze his films and style. Stay on Main (formerly Cecil Hotel, Hotel Cecil, and informally The Cecil) is a budget hotel in Downtown Los Angeles, located at 640 S. Main Street, opened in 1927. [193] DeMille was particularly adept at directing and managing large crowds in his films. [91] Although DeMille considered enlisting in World War I, he stayed in the United States and made films. He called this place, "Paradise", declaring it a wildlife sanctuary; no shooting of animals was allowed besides snakes. [272] DeMille has influenced the careers of many modern directors. The second star is located at 1725 Vine Street. Frequent actors and actresses on the show included Barbara Stanwyck, Claudette Colbert, Loretta Young, Don Ameche, and Fred MacMurray. Further illustrated by his home life, DeMille required formality and politeness at home. Moreover, DeMille was audited by the Internal Revenue Service due to issues with his production company. The play was successful and DeMille was distraught that his childhood idol had plagiarized his work. In this way, the characters' thoughts and desires are the visual focus rather than the circumstances regarding the physical scene. DeMille's primary criticism was of closed shops, but later included criticism of communism and unions in general. Mit Produktionskosten von knapp 13 Millionen US-Dollar war er lange Zeit einer der teuersten Spielfilme von Paramount. Beatrice became a play broker and author's agent, influencing DeMille's early life and career. Han var en av de mest kända regissörerna under 1900-talets första hälft. However, his final films maintained that DeMille was still respected by his audiences. [185] Generally, Belasco's influence of DeMille's career can be seen in DeMille's showmanship and narration. He began his career as a stage actor in 1900. William had been a successful playwright, but DeMille was suffering from the failure of his plays The Royal Mounted and The Genius. [52] The collaboration of DeMille and Lasky produced a successful musical called California which opened in New York in January 1912. [82] Additionally, because of DeMille's cordiality after the Peter Grimm incident, DeMille was able to rekindle his partnership with Belasco. [285][286] The Lasky-DeMille Barn was dedicated as a California historical landmark in a ceremony on December 27, 1956; DeMille was the keynote speaker. [92] DeMille and Adams adopted Katherine Lester in 1920 whom Adams had found in the orphanage over which she was the director. He is acknowledged as a founding father of the American cinema and the most commercially successful producer-director in film history. [172], DeMille received two Academy Awards: an Honorary Award for "37 years of brilliant showmanship" in 1950[311] and a Best Picture award in 1953 for The Greatest Show on Earth. His last and best known film, The Ten Commandments (1956), also a Best Picture Academy Award nominee, is currently the eighth-highest-grossing film of all time, adjusted for inflation. Zwischen 1914 und 1958 drehte er 70 Spielfilme, sowohl Stumm- … DeMille told the actor that he was "one hundred percent yellow". The surgery caused him to suffer from sexual dysfunction for the rest of his life, according to some family members. His poor physical condition upon his return home affected the production of his 1922 film Manslaughter. Between 1914 and 1958, he made 70 features, both silent and sound films. However, throughout his career, he filmed comedies, periodic and contemporary romances, dramas, fantasies, propaganda, Biblical spectacles, musical comedies, suspense, and war films. [151] DeMille would reminisce into a voice recorder, the recording would be transcribed, and the information would be organized in the biography based on the topic. Jedes Jahr wird der Preisträger während der Verleihung des Golden Globes bekannt gegeben. His first film from his new production company, DeMille Pictures Corporation, was The Road to Yesterday in 1925. [110] After the release of DeMille's The Godless Girl, silent films in America became obsolete and DeMille was forced to shoot a shoddy final reel with the new sound production technique. He debuted as an actor on February 21, 1900, in the play Hearts Are Trumps at New York's Garden Theater. The Sign of the Cross (1932) is said to be the first sound film to integrate all aspects of cinematic technique. [254] Andrew Sarris, a leading proponent of the auteur theory, ranked DeMille highly as an auteur in the "Far Side of Paradise", just below the "Pantheon". [306] In 1952, DeMille was awarded the first Cecil B. DeMille Award at the Golden Globes. [307][308][note 17] For his contribution to the motion picture and radio industry, DeMille has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. DeMille frequently made cameos as himself in other Paramount films. [64] The Lasky Company bought the rights to the play The Squaw Man by Edwin Milton Royle and cast Dustin Farnum in the lead role. [76][77] The film grossed over ten times its budget after its New York premiere in February 1914. He stated that The Ten Commandments was the final culmination of DeMille's style. [39], In 1902, he played a small part in Hamlet. They also learned that other filmmakers were successfully shooting in Los Angeles, even in winter. [186] E.H. Sothern's early influence on DeMille's work can be seen in DeMille's perfectionism. [72] He made his first film run sixty minutes, as long as a short play. "Actor, writer, director, producer and humanitarian. The mistress could not keep the boy due to her tuberculosis. However, the films of his silent era were often thematically different than the films of his sound era. They continued filming in 1955 in Paris and Hollywood on 30 different sound stages. [84] While on a European vacation in 1921, DeMille contracted rheumatic fever in Paris. "A Digger, A Director and A Practical Joker". [138] Critics were impressed with the visuals but found the scripts dull, calling it DeMille's "poorest Western". "[256] The critic Camille Paglia has called The Ten Commandments one of the ten greatest films of all time. "[265] Salvador Dalí wrote that DeMille, Walt Disney and the Marx Brothers were "the three great American Surrealists". In addition to his use of volatile and abrupt film editing, his lighting and composition were innovative for the time period as filmmakers were primarily concerned with a clear, realistic image. [227] In order to attract a high-class audience, DeMille based many of his early films on stage melodramas, novels, and short stories. Biographer Scott Eyman suggested that this may have been a result of Adams's recent miscarriage. On the other hand, DeMille's private life, which included mistresses and adultery, conflicted with the Episcopalian integrity he portrayed. [1] It was first presented at the 9th Golden Globe Awards ceremony in February 1952 and is named in honor of its first recipient, director Cecil B.