[72] He made his first film run sixty minutes, as long as a short play. [129], From June 1, 1936, until January 22, 1945, Cecil B. DeMille hosted and directed Lux Radio Theater, a weekly digest of current feature films. [70] Filming began on December 29, 1913, and lasted three weeks. Er kwam in 1959 postuum een autobiografie na, The Autobiography of Cecil B. DeMille. Among his best-known films are Cleopatra, Samson and Delilah; The Greatest Show on Earth, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture; and The Ten … [6] His brother, William C. DeMille, was born on July 25, 1878. Famous Players-Lasky donated the films. DeMille's primary criticism was of closed shops, but later included criticism of communism and unions in general. [132] [note 7], In 1939, DeMille's Union Pacific was successful through DeMille's collaboration with the Union Pacific Railroad. [155], – Alfred Zukor responding to DeMille's proposal of The Ten Commandments remake, In 1952, DeMille sought approval for a lavish remake of his 1923 silent film The Ten Commandments. DeMille told the actor that he was "one hundred percent yellow". [190] DeMille was the first director to connect art to filmmaking; he created the title of "art director" on the film set. [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. [66] With no knowledge of filmmaking, DeMille was introduced to observe the process at film studios. [84] Throughout his career, DeMille would frequently remake his own films. Cecil B. DeMille stierf op 77-jarige leeftijd. [119] These three films, Dynamite, Madame Satan, and his 1931 remake of The Squaw Man were both critically and financially unsuccessful. [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". [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. 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. [71] Apfel filmed most of The Squaw Man due to DeMille's inexperience; however, DeMille learned quickly and was particularly adept at impromptu screenwriting as necessary. When she received the award, "Born in direst poverty, a school drop-out at 14. DeMille discovered the possibilities of the "bathroom" or "boudoir" in film without being "vulgar" or "cheap". [41] The Return of Peter Grimm sparked controversy; however, because Belasco had taken DeMille's unnamed screenplay, changed the characters and named it The Return of Peter Grimm, producing and presenting it as his own work. He claimed he abandoned the project in order to complete a different project, but in reality, it was to preserve his reputation and avoid appearing reactionary. He was the first recipient of the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award, which was named in his honor. [22][note 2] DeMille's parents operated a private school in town and attended Christ Episcopal Church. [1] In 2018, Oprah Winfrey became the first African-American woman to receive the honor. ", "Singer, actress, film director, producer, writer, and composer whose popularity has endured and grown for nearly four decades. Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award (1952) Academy Award to the Producer of the Best Film: Oscars; Æresoscar (1950) Bedste film (1953) for Verdens største show Irving G. Thalberg-prisen (1953) Golden Globe; Bedste instruktør (1953) for Verdens største show: Eksterne henvisninger; Cecil B. DeMilles hjemmeside : Information med symbolet hentes fra Wikidata. He received his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director for his circus drama The Greatest Show on Earth (1952), which won both the Academy Award for Best Picture and the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama. [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. August 1881 - 21. [104], In the early 1920s, scandal surrounded Paramount. Hij stierf op dezelfde dag als Carl Switzer, beter bekend als Alfalfa uit De Boefjes. DeMille traveled abroad to find employment until he was offered a deal at Paramount. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it. The Union Pacific gave DeMille access to historical data, early period trains, and expert crews, adding to the authenticity of the film. [315], Two of DeMille's films have been selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the United States Library of Congress: The Cheat (1915) and The Ten Commandments (1956). His first biblical epic, The Ten Commandments (1923), was both a critical and commercial success; it held the Paramount revenue record for twenty-five years. [165] This film would be his last. [171], Cecil B. DeMille suffered a series of heart attacks from June 1958 to January 1959,[168] and died on January 21, 1959, following an attack. DeMille developed a plan with his doctor to allow him to continue directing while reducing his physical stress. [4] DeMille was named after his grandmothers Cecelia Wolff and Margarete Blount. He debuted as an actor on February 21, 1900, in the play Hearts Are Trumps at New York's Garden Theater. 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". [79][note 3], Cecil B. DeMille's second film credited exclusively to him was The Virginian. [109] The most successful Christian film of the silent era. Cecil B. DeMille began his career as an actor on the stage in the theatrical company of Charles Frohman in 1900. [168] DeMille was unable to attend the Los Angeles premiere of The Buccaneer. ", "10 Great Films that Influenced Alfred Hitchcock", "The Construction of a Christ-figure within the 1956 and 1923 Versions of Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments", "The International Film Magazine, Sight & Sound, All films", "Hollywood Heritage volunteers preserve the Industry's earliest incarnation", "National Register of Historic Places Program", "Cecil B. 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Thalberg Memorial Award, 20th-century American dramatists and playwrights, 20th-century American non-fiction writers, Short description is different from Wikidata, Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia, Wikipedia articles with PLWABN identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SNAC-ID identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with Trove identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Producer, director, editor, screenwriter, actor, This page was last edited on 2 January 2021, at 02:15. He called this place, "Paradise", declaring it a wildlife sanctuary; no shooting of animals was allowed besides snakes. "Born in a trunk, working in films since 1935. [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. [14] When they married, Beatrice converted to Episcopalianism. [189], DeMille's filmmaking process always began with extensive research. [5] The youngest honoree was actress Judy Garland, at age 39 in 1962. [100] Consequently, Beatrice deMille introduced the Famous Players-Lasky to Wilfred Buckland, who DeMille had known from his time at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, and he became DeMille's art director. [316], Cecil B. DeMille made 70 features. [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". Groesbeck's art was circulated on set to give actors and crew members a better understanding of DeMille's vision. [206] Costume designer Dorothy Jeakins, who worked with DeMille on The Ten Commandments (1956), described that DeMille was skilled in humiliating people. [274] Famed director Steven Spielberg stated that DeMille's The Greatest Show on Earth was one of the films that influenced him to become a filmmaker. [72] DeMille adapted Belasco's dramatic lighting techniques to film technology, mimicking moonlight with U.S. cinema's first attempts at "motivated lighting" in The Warrens of Virginia. [291] Two schools have been named after him: Cecil B. DeMille Middle School, in Long Beach, California, which was closed and demolished in 2010 to make way for a new high school;[292] and Cecil B. DeMille Elementary School in Midway City, California. The school closed and Beatrice filed for bankruptcy. Cecil B. DeMille wurde als Sohn eines Bühnenautors geboren. [136] During pre-production of Union Pacific, DeMille was dealing with his first serious health issue. The Cecil B. DeMille Award is an honorary Golden Globe Award bestowed by the Hollywood … They also learned that other filmmakers were successfully shooting in Los Angeles, even in winter. [237] Although he is known for his later "spectacular" films, his early films are held in high regard by critics and film historians. [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. Adoptowali: Katherine, Johna i Richarda. The Ten Commandments is a 1956 American epic religious drama film produced, directed, and narrated by Cecil B. DeMille, shot in VistaVision (color by Technicolor), and released by Paramount Pictures. [314] DeMille's Union Pacific received a Palme d'Or in retrospect at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. Zwischen 1914 und 1958 drehte er 70 Spielfilme, sowohl Stumm- … This occurred with Victor Mature in Samson and Delilah. William had been a successful playwright, but DeMille was suffering from the failure of his plays The Royal Mounted and The Genius. [156] DeMille did not have an exact budget proposal for the project,[158] and it promised to be the most costly in U.S. film history. De Cecil Blount DeMille, gebuer den 12.August 1881 zu Ashfield, Massachusetts, a gestuerwen den 21. Henry was a tall, red-headed student. [55][56] However, changes in the theater rendered DeMille's melodramas obsolete before they were produced, and true theatrical success eluded him. He donated. They continued filming in 1955 in Paris and Hollywood on 30 different sound stages. Beatrice grew up in a middle-class English household. ", "A true Hollywood pioneer also known for his, "She began her screen career in 1931 and remained active for nearly 60 years, playing willful, liberated, spitefully independent females. His films were distinguished by their epic scale and by his cinematic showmanship. Cecil Blount DeMille (12 tháng 8 năm 1881 – 21 tháng 1 năm 1959) là một trong những đạo diễn phim Mỹ nổi tiếng nhất thế kỉ XX và từng dành giải Oscar. [116], When "talking pictures" were invented in 1928, Cecil B. DeMille made a successful transition, offering his own innovations to the painful process; he devised a microphone boom and a soundproof camera blimp. He also toured with the Standard Opera Company, but there are few records to indicate DeMille's singing ability. [168] In the months before his death, DeMille was researching a film biography of Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of the Scout Movement. We should get down on our knees to Cecil and say "Thank you! Its interracial love story made it commercially successful and it first publicized Hollywood as the home of the U.S. film industry. A Hollywood Foreign Press Association róla nevezte el a Golden Globe életműdíjat: Cecil B. DeMille-életműdíj. [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. His wife did not like Paradise, so DeMille often brought his mistresses there with him including actress Julia Faye. This concerned the executives at Paramount; however, the film turned out to be the studio's highest-grossing film. DeMille used clips from his own films in Land of Liberty. [229] Actor Charlton Heston admitted DeMille was, "terribly unfashionable" and Sidney Lumet called Demille, "the cheap version of D.W. Griffith," adding that DeMille, "[didn't have]...an original thought in his head," though Heston added that DeMille was much more than that. [214][215][216] He also cast established stars such as Gary Cooper, Robert Preston, Paulette Goddard and Fredric March in multiple pictures. He adapted several of Belasco's screenplays into film. [84] In 1916, exhausted from three years of nonstop filmmaking, DeMille purchased land in the Angeles National Forest for a ranch which would become his getaway. The second star is located at 1725 Vine Street. [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. They struggled to adapt the play from the stage to the set. Martin Scorsese cited Unconquered, Samson and Delilah, and The Greatest Show on Earth as DeMille films that have imparted lasting memories on him. [69] DeMille rented a barn to function as their film studio. "A Digger, A Director and A Practical Joker". However, his final films maintained that DeMille was still respected by his audiences. He produced many flops. DeMille is one of the more commercially successful film directors in history[245] with his films before the release of The Ten Commandments estimated to have grossed $650 million worldwide. He became more conservative as he aged, DeMille lived a life of strong Christian ethics, as exemplified through his wife and children. DeMille had adopted him to avoid revealing the affairs to William's wife. [179] and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. [46] Life was difficult for DeMille and his wife as traveling actors; however, traveling allowed him to experience part of the United States he had not yet seen. [182] DeMille's father worked with David Belasco theatrical producer, impresario, and playwright. DeMille was left off the list, determined to be too unsophisticated and antiquated to be considered an auteur. [294] During the Apollo 11 mission, Buzz Aldrin refers to himself in one instance as "Cecil B. DeAldrin", as a humorous nod to DeMille. [91] Although DeMille considered enlisting in World War I, he stayed in the United States and made films. [130] Broadcast on the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) from 1935 to 1954,[131] the Lux Radio show was one of the most popular weekly shows in the history of radio. [84] Goldwyn was later fired from Famous Players-Lasky due to frequent clashes with Lasky, DeMille, and finally Zukor. [61] Moreover, when he was busy directing other films, he would co-author other Lasky Company scripts as well as create screen adaptations that others directed. However, the idea failed due to lack of funding and commitment. His poor physical condition upon his return home affected the production of his 1922 film Manslaughter. However, Birchard acknowledged that Sarris's point was more likely that DeMille's style was behind the development of film as an art form. Cecil B. DeMille-t említi Bob Dylan dala, a Tombstone Blues. [53] Another DeMille-Lasky production that opened in January 1912 was The Antique Girl. The film began production in 1949, Ringling Brothers-Barnum and Bailey were paid $250,000 for use of the title and facilities. However, he did take a few months to set up a movie theater for the French front. He directed and produced four films on his own, working with Producers Distributing Corporation because he found front office supervision too restricting. Die zehn Gebote (Originaltitel: The Ten Commandments) von Cecil B. DeMille gilt als einer der größten Monumentalfilme aller Zeiten, der das Leben von Mose und auch seine Zeit als ägyptischer Prinz erzählt. [267] He often appeared in his coming-attraction trailers and narrated many of his later films,[268] even stepping on screen to introduce The Ten Commandments. [118] His first three sound films were produced at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [132] DeMille would never again work on radio. [32] From 1904 to 1905, DeMille attempted to make a living as a stock theatre actor with his wife Constance. [63] The Lasky Company wanted to attract high-class audiences to their films so they began producing films from literary works. He suffered from a post-surgery infection from which he nearly did not recover, citing streptomycin as his saving grace.