Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood

Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood

Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood

Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood

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Overview

In Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood, Robert S. Birchard offers a detailed and definitive chronicle of the most successful filmmaker in early Hollywood history, going behind studio gates and beyond DeMille's legendary persona. In his forty-five-year career, DeMille's box-office record was unsurpassed, and his swaggering style established the public image for movie directors. DeMille had a profound impact on the way movies tell stories and brought greater attention to the elements of decor, lighting, and cinematography. Best remembered today for screen spectacles such as The Ten Commandments and Samson and Delilah, DeMille also created Westerns, realistic "chamber dramas," and a series of daring and highly influential social comedies. He set the standard for Hollywood filmmakers and demanded absolute devotion to his creative vision from his writers, artists, actors, and technicians.

Drawing extensively on DeMille's personal archives and other primary sources, this biography provides a comprehensive and compelling portrait of how Cecil B. DeMille's work changed the course of film history, and a fascinating look at how movies were actually made in Hollywood's Golden Age.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780813180519
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Publication date: 07/27/2021
Pages: 494
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Robert S. Birchard (1950-2016) was an award-winning film editor and film historian. His "In the Beginning" episode of the Discovery Channel's Hollywood Chronicles series, which he wrote and directed, received a Silver Award at the Houston International Film Festival. He also authored King Cowboy: Tom Mix and the Movies.

Table of Contents

Foreword Kevin Thomas ix

Preface xi

1 The Squaw Man 1

2 The Virginian 14

3 The Call of the North 19

4 What's-His-Name 23

5 The Man From Home 27

6 The Rose of the Rancho 30

7 The Girl of the Golden West 34

8 The Warrens of Virginia 37

9 The Unafraid 41

10 The Captive 44

11 The Wild Goose Chase 47

12 The Arab 50

13 Chimmie Fadden 52

14 Kindling 54

15 Maria Rosa 57

16 Carmen 60

17 Temptation 64

18 Chimmie Fadden Out West 66

19 The Cheat 68

20 The Golden Chance 71

21 The Trail of the Lonesome Pine 76

22 The Heart of Nora Flynn 79

23 The Dream Girl 82

24 Joan the Woman 90

25 A Romance of the Redwoods 103

26 The Little American 107

27 The Woman God Forgot 112

28 The Devil Stone 116

29 The Whispering Chorus 118

30 Old Wives for New 121

31 We Can't Have Everything 125

32 Till I Come Back to You 127

33 The Squaw Man (first remake) 131

34 Don't Change Your Husband 135

35 For Better, For Worse 138

36 Male and Female 144

37 Why Change Your Wife? 150

38 Something to Think About 155

39 Forbidden Fruit 158

40 The Affairs of Anatol 162

41 Fool's Paradise 165

42 Saturday Night 169

43 Manslaughter 172

44 Adam's Rib 175

45 The Ten Commandments 178

46 Triumph 190

47 Feet of Clay 194

48 The Golden Bed 197

49 The Road to Yesterday 200

50 The Volga Boatman 210

51 The King of Kings 216

52 The Godless Girl 227

53 Dynamite 234

54 Madam Satan 241

55 The Squaw Man (second remake) 248

56 The Sign of the Cross 251

57 This Day and Age 261

58 Four Frightened People 267

59 Cleopatra 275

60 The Crusades 283

61 The Plainsman 293

62 The Buccaneer 299

63 Union Pacific 306

64 North West Mounted Police 312

65 Reap the Wild Wind 316

66 The Story of Dr. Wassell 323

67 Unconquered 329

68 Samson and Delilah 334

69 The Greatest Show on Earth 341

70 The Ten Commandments 351

Appendices

Appendix A DeMille Pictures, Inc., Costs and Grosses 365

Appendix B Other Cecil B. DeMille Film Credits 369

Appendix C Unrealized Projects 371

Appendix D Film Appearances Cecil B. DeMille 373

Notes 377

Bibliography 405

Index 407

Illustrations follow pages 112, 208, and 304

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