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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 610 Collections and/or Records:
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 10 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 13
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
In 1932 DeMille returned to Paramount Pictures after an eight-year absence. There he set up his own production entity know to those on his Paramount lot as the DeMille Unit. This series is the largest single group of material in the DeMille Archives, numbering 450 boxes. It is organized into two main groups: General Correspondence and Motion Picture Production Files.General Correspondence is arranged chronologically, and then alphabetically within each year by individual,...
Dates:
1944-1947
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 3 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents
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This series of 15 boxes contains speeches, requests for speeches, and related correspondence. Final drafts and notes on individual speeches are available dating from 1927 to 1958. Some were designated "political" or "non-political" in nature and are filed alphabetically by location or organization where the speech was delivered. Some speeches are chronologically.
Dates:
1927-1965
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 10 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 8
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
In 1932 DeMille returned to Paramount Pictures after an eight-year absence. There he set up his own production entity know to those on his Paramount lot as the DeMille Unit. This series is the largest single group of material in the DeMille Archives, numbering 450 boxes. It is organized into two main groups: General Correspondence and Motion Picture Production Files.General Correspondence is arranged chronologically, and then alphabetically within each year by individual,...
Dates:
1906-1939
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 10 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 13 Sub-Series 18 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
In 1932 DeMille returned to Paramount Pictures after an eight-year absence. There he set up his own production entity know to those on his Paramount lot as the DeMille Unit. This series is the largest single group of material in the DeMille Archives, numbering 450 boxes. It is organized into two main groups: General Correspondence and Motion Picture Production Files.General Correspondence is arranged chronologically, and then alphabetically within each year by individual,...
Dates:
1944-1947
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
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
Collection — Carton 1: [Barcode: 31197232563251]
Identifier: MSS 8945
Scope and Contents
Contains research consisting of photocopies of newspaper articles, telegrams, magazine articles, internet resources, film still copies, interview transcripts, book excerpts, and correspondence used in the writing of Vieira's book on Cecil B. DeMille's work. Includes approximately 300 pages of the untitled publisher's manuscript of CeCil B. DeMille: The Art of the Hollywood Epic. Dated approximately 2010-2015.
Dates:
approximately 2010-2015
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 2 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 6
Scope and Contents
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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
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 1 Sub-Series 5
Scope and Contents
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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
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230326735]
Identifier: MSS SC 2792
Scope and Contents
Typewritten screenplay for a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer television production. The item is the "first draft" of the screenplay. Also included are photographs of the actors in the production.
Dates:
1963
