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Presley, Cecilia DeMille.
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DeMille, Cecil B. (Cecil Blount), 1881-1959 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Motion picture producers and directors -- United States.
Epic films.
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Cecil B. DeMille : the art of the Hollywood epic / Cecilia DeMille Presley and Mark A. Vieira ; photographed by Mark A. Vieira.
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Presley, Cecilia DeMille.
Philadelphia : Running Press, c2014.
Subjects
DeMille, Cecil B. (Cecil Blount), 1881-1959 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Motion picture producers and directors -- United States.
Epic films.
ISBN:
9780762454907
0762454903
Description:
416 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm
Contents:
Introduction / by Martin Scorsese -- Foreword / by Brett Ratner -- "My grandfather" / by Cecilia de Mille Presley -- Introduction -- Hollywood pioneer. The squaw man -- Learning his craft -- Social dramas -- The silent diva -- America's sweetheart -- An artist matured. A new era -- Gloria Swanson -- Into the past -- The religious epic. The ten commandments (1923) -- Secular epics -- The King of Kings -- The godless girl -- Talkies at M-G-M. Dynamite -- Madam Satan and the squaw man -- The best show in town. The sign of the cross -- This day and age, and, Four frightened people -- Cleopatra -- The crusades -- American history. The Plainsman, and, The Buccaneer -- Union Pacific -- North West Mounted Police, and, Reap the wild wind -- The story of Dr. Wassell -- Unconquered -- Blaze of glory. Samson and Delilah -- The greatest show on earth -- The ten commandments -- Epilogue.
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More than any other filmmaker in the history of the medium, Cecil B. DeMille mastered the art of the spectacle. This volume combines Vieira's texts on the historical events, and Presley's insights on her grandfather's films.
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Hawaii State Library
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791.43023 DeMille Pr
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