DeMille family
Family
Found in 604 Collections and/or Records:
Unproduced, 1916-1961
Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 13
Scope and Contents
This series of 38 boxes contains material on a variety of projects begun but not completed by DeMille from 1916 to 1960. Some files contain only a story or synopsis. Other files indicate that considerable time and expense went into certain projects before they were suddenly cancelled. Subjects include the apocalyptic saga entitled End of the World; a controversial story about Mary, the mother of Christ, which had a working title of Queen of Queens; Rurales, a massively researched project...
Dates:
1916-1961
Videotapes, 1914-1963
Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 19
Scope and Contents
The videotapes in this series are from 16 mm Prints of the 35 mm nitrate prints preserved at the George Eastman House of Photograph, Rochester, New York. They were recorded on half-inch VHS videotape (NTSC standard) and consist of 34 feature films produced during the silent film years. Each 16 mm component reel is recorded on its own videocassette, which accounts for more ant one videocassette listed for certain features. There are two tapes of location scouting footage fro the unproduced...
Dates:
1914-1963
Views on various subjects
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 2 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 6
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Identified by DeMille as "Personal," this group of 196 boxes begins with 22 boxes dealing with the research and writing of the posthumously published The Autobiography of Cecil B. DeMille (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1959), edited by Donald Hayne. The files are arranged chronologically by year, and items within each year are arranged alphabetically by subject or name. Over time, the organization of some of the files deteriorated into groups of unrelated records. Therefore, files...
Dates:
1913-1958
William Churchill deMille, 1895-1896
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 1 Sub-Series 5
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Contains genealogical charts, correspondence, and research relating to DeMille's ancestry as compiled by Louis DeBoer, a genealogist retained by DeMille for many years. Also included in this series is correspondence relating specifically to Frederic A. Adams (father-in-law), Constance Adams DeMille (wife), Henry C. DeMille (father), Beatrice Samuel DeMille (mother), William C. deMille (brother), and Cecilia deMille Harper (daughter).
Dates:
1895-1896
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- Speeches, addresses, etc., American 571
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- Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- History 32
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