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Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood

Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood

Birchard, Robert S.

Hardcover

Entertainment & Performing ArtsDirectorsFilm Studies

ISBN10: 0813123240
ISBN13: 9780813123240
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: Jun 29 2004
Pages: 430
Weight: 2.08
Height: 1.41 Width: 6.34 Depth: 9.16
Language: English

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.

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