Does anyone know who Cecill B. DeMille is,and what hes done?

Question

Entertainer,film?actor,writer? what?

Answer 1

Cecil B. DeMille

Legendary film director and producer Cecil B. DeMille was most noted for his epic extravaganzas, like The Ten Commandments and The Greatest Show on Earth.

Cecil Blount DeMille was born on August 12, 1881, in Ashfield, MA, to parents who were both playwrights. His mother had a traveling theatre troupe, which Cecil both performed for, and managed for 12 years. In 1913 he, Jesse L. Lasky and Sam Goldwyn formed the Lasky (Paramount) film company and, the next year, produced the successful six reeler, The Squaw Man, their first Hollywood film. DeMille produced and directed over 70 films over the years, with The Greatest Show on Earth winning the Best Picture Oscar, in 1952.

DeMille enjoyed the limelight, and frequently appeared on screen in prologues or curtain-raising sequences of some of his earlier films. He also was the original host of the popular "Lux Radio Theater," which presented one-hour radio adaptations of popular movies, often with the original stars, and always with many of the biggest names in Hollywood. DeMille served as host/director of the series from its debut in 1936 until 1944, when a dispute with the American Federation of Radio Artists forced his suspension, and ultimate resignation, from the program. He was one of the 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). The Hollywood Foreign Press Association honored DeMille by naming its annual Lifetime Achievement in Motion Pictures award after him.

Answer 2

Cecil Blount DeMille was one of the most successful filmmakers during the first half of the 20th century.

He directed hundreds of silent films, including Paramount Pictures' first production: The Squaw Man (1914), before coming into huge popularity during the late 1910s and early 1920s, when he reached the apex of his popularity with such films as Don't Change Your Husband (1919), The Ten Commandments (1923), and The King of Kings (1927).

While he continued to be prolific throughout the 1930s and 1940s, he is probably best known for his 1956 film The Ten Commandments which is very different from the 1923. Another example of his love of special effects was the 1952 production of The Greatest Show on Earth which gave DeMille an Oscar for best picture and a nomination for best director.

Answer 3

During the 1930s and 1940s DeMille was Paramount's most bankable director, turning out such hits as "The Sign of the Cross" (1932), "The Plainsman" (1937), "The Buccaneer" (1938), "Union Pacific" (1939), "Northwest Mounted Police" (1940), "Reap the Wild Wind" (1942), "The Story of Dr. Wassell" (1944), "Unconquered" (1947) and "Samson and Delilah" (1949). He was at his best with historical costume epics such as "Cleopatra" (1934) and "The Crusades" (1935). Under president Barney Balaban and studio boss Y. Frank Freeman, DeMille helped make Paramount the most profitable of the studios during Hollywood's Golden Age.

DeMille also directed and hosted a successful radio show, "Lux Radio Theatre," on CBS from 1936 until 1945, when he refused to join the radio union and quit the program instead. In the late 40s and early 50s, he would become a leader of the Hollywood right wing and the anti-communist witch hunt. His directorial career ended with his spectacular remake of "The Ten Commandments" (1956). Most of his later directorial efforts were forgettable, save for the charming "The Greatest Show on Earth" (1952), a film with an untypically contemporary--though hardly realistic--setting.

Answer 4

Filmmaker

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_B._Demille

Answer 5

Director/Producer/Writer/Actor.

Answer 6

He's the film director of the award winning ten commandments made famous by award winning actors as Yul Brynner as Ramses of Egypt and Charlton Heston as Moses

Answer 7

A producer/director of movies like The Ten Comandments and War of the Worlds (1953 version). Also famous for having a girly first name.

Answer 8

He was a director, producer and actor..one of the first in Hollywood. Made many memorable and best selling movies of all time.

Answer 9

Movie writer, editor, director, producer. Most famous as a director, especially for big, spectacular films. made a really interesting version of Cleopatra in 1934.

read all about him on imdb.com


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001124/

Answer 10

He directed The 10 Commandments, staring Charlton Heston as Moses. One of my favorite movies.

Here are the rest of his movies:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001124/

Here is a pic and his offical web sight
http://www.cecilbdemille.com/