Cecil Blount DeMille was an American filmmaker. Between 1914 and 1958, he made a total of 70 features, both silent and sound films. He is acknowledged as a founding father of the American cinema and the most commercially successful producer-director in film history. His films were distinguished by their epic scale and by his cinematic showmanship. His silent films included social dramas, comedies, Westerns, farces, morality plays, and historical pageants.
Cecil B. DeMille
Active - 1914 - 2020 |
Birth - Aug 12, 1881 |
Death - Jan 21, 1959 |
Genres - Drama, Silent Film, Romance, Comedy, Documentary
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Subgenres - Silent Film, Silent Feature, Western Film, Biographical Film, Musical
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C.B., Cecil B. De Mille, Cecil Blount DeMille-
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Silent Film, Silent Feature, Western Film, Biographical Film, Musical, Romantic Comedy, Sword-And-Sandal Film, Apocalyptic Film, Comedy Drama, Disaster Film, Epic Film, Historical Film, Pirate Film, Alien Invasion, American Football Film, Comedy Thriller, Film Noir, LGBT-Related Film, Medieval Film, Satanic Film, Satire, Silent Short, Swashbuckler Film