DeMille, Cecil B. (Cecil Blount), 1881-1959
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1881 - 1959
Biographical History
Cecil B. DeMille (1881-1959) was an American motion picture producer and director, considered the archetype of the American film mogul. His 70 films reflect changing American tastes and values, and he was particularly noted for his multimillion-dollar spectacles.
Cecil B. DeMille was born on August 12, 1881 in Ashfield, Massachusetts to Henry Churchill de Mille and Matilda Beatrice Samuel de Mille. DeMille started acting on Broadway in 1900, and by 1913 he joined a film studio partnership which would eventually become Paramount Pictures. DeMille had a long and storied career as a filmmaker and directed several epic films, such as the Ten Commandments (1956). DeMille died on January 21, 1959, in Hollywood, California.
Citation:
His The Royal ...LC data base, 10/11/85 (hdg.: DeMille, Cecil Blount, 1881-1959; usage: Cecil B. DeMille); LC manual auth. cd. (also shows usage: Cecil B. De Mille)
Wikipedia, Sept. 16, 2010 (Cecil Blount DeMille; b. Aug. 12, 1881 in Ashfield, Mass.; d. Jan. 21, 1959 in Hollywood, Calif.; American film director and producer)
Turner Classic Movies database, Oct. 7, 2010 (Cecil B. DeMille Productions; est. 1921; founded by Cecil B. DeMille)
Empire of dreams, 2010: p. 212 (Cecil B. DeMille Pictures Corporation; founded by Cecil B. DeMille)
Found in 643 Collections and/or Records:
1926, 1926-1939
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 7 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 14
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series of 20 boxes contains material from 1913, the beginning of DeMille's motion picture career, to 1924. The files are arranged chronologically and within each year alphabetically by film title.Production files often contain treatments, play scripts, tinting guides, scenarios, music scores, contracts, financial statements, story files, story contest submissions, anc censorship notes. The series concludes with the files of story editor Ella King Adams. The films of this...
Dates:
1926-1939
1926, 1926-1931
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 8 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
In late 1924, DeMille purchased the Thomas Ince Studio in Culver City and renamed the facility DeMille Studio. This series of 35 boxes documents the nearly four-year lifespan of the organization and contains two main parts: the first deals with general financial and business correspondence and story properties from 1925 to 1928, and is arranged alphabetically ; the second part is comprised of film production files from the same period including 13 boxes of material on The Road to Yesterday,...
Dates:
1926-1931
1927, 1926-1927
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 2 Sub-Series 3 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:
1926-1927
1927, 1924-1928
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 7 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 15
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series of 20 boxes contains material from 1913, the beginning of DeMille's motion picture career, to 1924. The files are arranged chronologically and within each year alphabetically by film title.Production files often contain treatments, play scripts, tinting guides, scenarios, music scores, contracts, financial statements, story files, story contest submissions, anc censorship notes. The series concludes with the files of story editor Ella King Adams. The films of this...
Dates:
1924-1928
1927, 1927-1928
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 8 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
In late 1924, DeMille purchased the Thomas Ince Studio in Culver City and renamed the facility DeMille Studio. This series of 35 boxes documents the nearly four-year lifespan of the organization and contains two main parts: the first deals with general financial and business correspondence and story properties from 1925 to 1928, and is arranged alphabetically ; the second part is comprised of film production files from the same period including 13 boxes of material on The Road to Yesterday,...
Dates:
1927-1928
1928, 1927-1928
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 2 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 7
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:
1927-1928
1929, 1928-1931
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 2 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 8
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:
1928-1931
1930, 1928-1930
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 2 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 9
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:
1928-1930
1931, 1913-1933
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 2 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 11
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:
1913-1933
1932, 1926-1934
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 2 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 12
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:
1926-1934