Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood
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Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood

  1. 496 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood

About this book

A look at the wide-ranging work of the Golden Age genius who made The Ten Commandments and other blockbusters—and helped found the American film industry.
 
Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood is a detailed and definitive chronicle of the director's screen work that changed the course of film history—and a fascinating look at how movies were actually made in Hollywood's Golden Age. Drawing extensively on DeMille's personal archives and other primary sources, Robert S. Birchard offers a revealing portrait of DeMille the filmmaker that goes behind studio gates and beyond DeMille's legendary persona.
 
In his forty-five-year career DeMille's box-office record was unsurpassed, and his swaggering style established the public image for movie directors. He had a profound impact on the way movies tell stories, and brought greater attention to the elements of decor, lighting, and cinematography. Best remembered today for screen spectacles such as The Ten Commandments and Samson and Delilah, DeMille also created Westerns, realistic "chamber dramas," and a series of daring and highly influential social comedies—while setting the standard for Hollywood filmmakers and demanding absolute devotion to his creative vision from his writers, artists, actors, and technicians.
 
"Far and away the best film book published so far this year." — National Board of Review

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Foreword
  7. Preface
  8. 1. The Squaw Man
  9. 2. The Virginian
  10. 3. The Call of the North
  11. 4. What’s-His-Name
  12. 5. The Man From Home
  13. 6. The Rose of the Rancho
  14. 7. The Girl of the Golden West
  15. 8. The Warrens of Virginia
  16. 9. The Unafraid
  17. 10. The Captive
  18. 11. The Wild Goose Chase
  19. 12. The Arab
  20. 13. Chimmie Fadden
  21. 14. Kindling
  22. 15. Maria Rosa
  23. 16. Carmen
  24. 17. Temptation
  25. 18. Chimmie Fadden Out West
  26. 19. The Cheat
  27. 20. The Golden Chance
  28. 21. The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
  29. 22. The Heart of Nora Flynn
  30. 23. The Dream Girl
  31. 24. Joan the Woman
  32. 25. A Romance of the Redwoods
  33. 26. The Little American
  34. 27. The Woman God Forgot
  35. 28. The Devil Stone
  36. 29. The Whispering Chorus
  37. 30. Old Wives for New
  38. 31. We Can’t Have Everything
  39. 32. Till I Come Back to You
  40. 33. The Squaw Man (first remake)
  41. 34. Don’t Change Your Husband
  42. 35. For Better, For Worse
  43. 36. Male and Female
  44. 37. Why Change Your Wife?
  45. 38. Something to Think About
  46. 39. Forbidden Fruit
  47. 40. The Affairs of Anatol
  48. 41. Fool’s Paradise
  49. 42. Saturday Night
  50. 43. Manslaughter
  51. 44. Adam’s Rib
  52. 45. The Ten Commandments
  53. 46. Triumph
  54. 47. Feet of Clay
  55. 48. The Golden Bed
  56. 49. The Road to Yesterday
  57. 50. The Volga Boatman
  58. 51. The King of Kings
  59. 52. The Godless Girl
  60. 53. Dynamite
  61. 54. Madam Satan
  62. 55. The Squaw Man (second remake)
  63. 56. The Sign of the Cross
  64. 57. This Day and Age
  65. 58. Four Frightened People
  66. 59. Cleopatra
  67. 60. The Crusades
  68. 61. The Plainsman
  69. 62. The Buccaneer
  70. 63. Union Pacific
  71. 64. North West Mounted Police
  72. 65. Reap the Wild Wind
  73. 66. The Story of Dr. Wassell
  74. 67. Unconquered
  75. 68. Samson and Delilah
  76. 69. The Greatest Show on Earth
  77. 70. The Ten Commandments
  78. Appendices
  79. Notes
  80. Bibliography
  81. Index