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 53 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence, 1934
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 10 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 3
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:
1934
Correspondence, 1935
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 10 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 4
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:
1935
Correspondence, 1936
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 10 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 5
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:
1936
Correspondence, 1937
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 10 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 6
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:
1937
The Crusades script
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197227657092]
Identifier: MSS 5793
Scope and Contents
The Crusades, bound, annotated script, with film frames, dated 29 January 1935, in faded green binder with red felt cross and the name "Berenice" on the front cover.
Dates:
1935
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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The Crusades script
Cecil B. DeMille papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1400
Scope and Contents
Personal and business papers generated by DeMille (1881-1959), his family, and his motion picture and other activities from 1863 to 1983 including correspondence, audio and videotape recordings, financial ledgers, and memorabilia. Also with the collection are more than 6,500 pieces of production-related art work, more than 37,869 motion picture still photographs, 275 volumes of scrapbooks (1919-1962), sound recordings, and video tapes of 36 motion pictures from DeMille's personal film...
Dates:
1863-1983
L. Tom Perry Special Collections digital audio tape with music from The Ten Commandments and interview with Cecil B. DeMille
Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232564424]
Identifier: MSS 8941
Scope and Contents
Digital audio tape recording transferred from an older medium. Recording has 2-disc Ten Commandments soundtrack by Elmer Bernstein and an interview with Cecil B. DeMille on his return from Egypt in 1956.
Dates:
1956
Form letters, 1926, 1928, 1935-1958
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 10 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 29
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:
1926; 1928; 1935-1958
Dan Sayre Groesbeck collection
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232484003]
Identifier: MSS 2511
Abstract
Papers and photographs covering Groesbeck's life and art, covering the period 1899-2000.
Dates:
1899-2000
Interviews on "The Buccaneer"
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8898
Abstract
Vinyl record of interviews on "The Buccaneer" and typed transcript of interviews.
Dates:
Approximately 1958