Cecil B. DeMille, the legendary movie director and producer, was born on 12 August 1881. Film critic and writer John Baxter both celebrates and re-evaluates the career of a man whose name was a byword for fast action, heavy melodrama and opulent spectacle. with a cast of thousands including ELMER BERNSTEIN, DE WITT BODEEN, YUL BRYNNER, AGNES DEMILLE, KATHERINE DEMILLE, WILLIAM K. EVERSON, EDITH HEAD, CHARLTON HESTON, CORNEL WILDE, CHARLES HIGHAM, DOROTHY LAMOUR, JESSE LASKY JR, ROBERT PARRISH, GLORIA SWANSON, FRANK WESTMORE, HENRY WILCOXON and CECIL B. DEMILLE Hollywood research BARBRA PASKIN
Producer JOHN POWELL
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