Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil Blount DeMille( August 12, 1881 – January 21, 1959) 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 were more diverse in genre, among which included social dramas, comedies, Westerns, farces, morality plays, and historical pageants.
De Mille began his career as a stage actor in 1900.
He later moved to writing and directing stage productions, some with Jesse Lasky, who was then a vaudeville producer.
DeMille's first film," The Squaw Man"( 1914), was also the first feature film shot in Hollywood.
Its interracial love story made it commercially successful and it first publicized Hollywood as the home of the U.S. film industry.
The continued success of his productions led to the founding of Paramount Pictures with Lasky and Adolph Zukor.
His first biblical epic," The Ten Commandments"( 1923), was both a critical and commercial success; it held the Paramount revenue record for twenty- five years.
De Mille directed" The King of Kings"( 1927), a biography of Jesus, which gained approval for its sensitivity and reached more than 800 million viewers.
" The Sign of the Cross"( 1932) is said to be the first sound film to integrate all aspects of cinematic technique.
" Cleopatra"( 1934) was his first film to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.
After more than thirty years in film production, DeMille reached a pinnacle in his career with" Samson and Delilah"( 1949), a biblical epic which became the highest- grossing film of 1950.
Along with biblical and historical narratives, he also directed films oriented toward" neo-naturalism", which tried to portray the laws of man fighting the forces of nature.
He received his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director for his circus drama" The Greatest Show on Earth"( 1952), which won both the Academy Award for Best Picture and the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama.
His last and best known film," The Ten Commandments"( 1956), also a Best Picture Academy Award nominee, is currently the eighth- highest- grossing film of all time, adjusted for inflation.
In addition to his Best Picture Awards, he received an Academy Honorary Award for his film contributions, the Palme d' Or( posthumously) for" Union Pacific"( 1939), a DGA Award for Lifetime Achievement, and the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award.
He was the first recipient of the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award, which was named in his honor.
DeMille's reputation as a filmmaker has grown over time and his work has influenced many other films and directors.
Drums of Africa
Drums of Africa is a 1963 adventure film set in Africa, directed by James B. Clark.
It used footage from the 1950 film of" King Solomon's Mines".
Lisa Mitchell (actress)
Lisa Bell Mitchell( born March 31, 1940) is an American actress.
She is best known for her role as Lulua, one of Jethro's seven daughters, in Cecil B. DeMille's" The Ten Commandments"( 1956).
She appeared as an interviewee in" Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic"( 2004) and Laurent Bouzereau's" Making Miracles"( 2011), a feature- length documentary about" The Ten Commandments".
The Ten Commandments (1956 film)
The Ten Commandments is a 1956 American epic religious drama film produced, directed, and narrated by Cecil B. DeMille, shot in VistaVision( color by Technicolor), and released by Paramount Pictures.
The film is based on" Prince of Egypt" by Dorothy Clarke Wilson," Pillar of Fire" by J.H. Ingraham," On Eagle's Wings" by A.E. Southon, and the Book of Exodus.
" The Ten Commandments" dramatizes the biblical story of the life of Moses, an adopted Egyptian prince who becomes the deliverer of his real brethren, the enslaved Hebrews, and therefore leads the Exodus to Mount Sinai, where he receives, from God, the Ten Commandments.
The film stars Charlton Heston in the lead role, Yul Brynner as Rameses, Anne Baxter as Nefretiri, Edward G. Robinson as Dathan, Yvonne De Carlo as Sephora, Debra Paget as Lilia, and John Derek as Joshua; and features Sir Cedric Hardwicke as Sethi, Nina Foch as Bithiah, Martha Scott as Yochabel, Judith Anderson as Memnet, and Vincent Price as Baka, among others.
Filmed on location in Egypt, Mount Sinai and the Sinai Peninsula, the film was DeMille's last and most successful work.
It is a partial remake of his 1923 silent film of the same title, and features one of the largest sets ever created for a film.
The film was released to cinemas in the United States on November 8, 1956 and, at the time of its release, was the most expensive film ever made.
In 1957, the film was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, winning the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects( John P. Fulton, A.S.C.).
DeMille won the Foreign Language Press Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director.
Charlton Heston was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture( Drama) for his role as Moses.
Yul Brynner won the National Board of Review Award for Best Actor for his role as Rameses and his other roles in" Anastasia" and" The King and I".
It is also one of the most financially successful films ever made, grossing approximately$ 122.7 million( equivalent to$ billion in) at the box office during its initial release; it was the most successful film of 1956 and the second- highest- grossing film of the decade.
According to" Guinness World Records", in terms of theatrical exhibition it is the eighth most successful film of all- time when the box office gross is adjusted for inflation.
In 1999, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being" culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
In June 2008, the American Film Institute revealed its" Ten Top Ten" — the best ten films in ten American film genres—after polling over 1,500 people from the creative community.
The film was listed as the tenth best film in the epic genre.
Network television has aired the film in prime time during the Passover/ Easter season every year since 1973.
John P. Fulton
John P. Fulton, A.S.C.( November 1902, in Beatrice, Nebraska — July 1966, in London, England) was an American special effects supervisor and cinematographer.
His work included the parting of the Red Sea in" The Ten Commandments"( 1956).
Dorothy Clarke Wilson
Dorothy Clarke Wilson( May 9, 1904 – March 26, 2003) was an American writer, perhaps best known for her novel" Prince of Egypt"( 1949), which was a primary source for the Cecil B. DeMille film," The Ten Commandments"( 1956).
The Ten Commandments (1923 film)
The Ten Commandments is a 1923 American silent religious epic film produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille.
Written by Jeanie MacPherson, the film is divided into two parts: a prologue recreating the biblical story of the Exodus and a modern story concerning two brothers and their respective views of the Ten Commandments.
Lauded for its" immense and stupendous" scenes, use of Technicolor process 2, and parting of the Red Sea sequence, the expensive film proved to be a box- office hit upon release.
It is the first in DeMille's biblical trilogy, followed by" The King of Kings"( 1927) and" The Sign of the Cross"( 1932).
" The Ten Commandments" is one of many works from 1923 that entered the public domain in the United States in 2019.
James B. Clark (director)
James B. Clark Jr.( May 14, 1908 – July 19, 2000) was an American film director, film editor, and television director.
His career as a film editor began in 1937, and he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing in 1941 for" How Green Was My Valley".
He continued to work as a film editor until 1960, but in 1955 also began a career as a film and television director.
He tended to focus on works involving people's relationships with animals.
Among the more popular and notable projects he directed were the films" A Dog of Flanders"( 1959)," The Sad Horse"( 1959)," Misty"( 1961)," Flipper"( 1963)," Island of the Blue Dolphins"( 1964), and" My Side of the Mountain"( 1969), and episodes of the television series" My Friend Flicka"( 1955- 1956)," Batman"( 1966- 1967), and" Lassie"( 1969- 1971).
Drums of Death (musician)
Colin Bailey, better known by his stage name Drums of Death, is a London- based electronic musician, originally from Scotland.
His music is a blend of techno, house, and electro.
He is known for energetic and exciting live shows and has said in interviews that his debut album is all" Love songs and rave horns".
Drums of Death worked on Peaches' album" I Feel Cream", producing and co-writing the title track as well as a 40 minute mixtape of remixes of several of Peaches' other songs( released in early 2009 by XL Recordings).
Drums of Death has toured the US and Canada with Hot Chip( 2008) and Peaches( 2009) and remixed artists such as Tricky and Franz Ferdinand.
He has also toured extensively through Europe and the UK, performing at music festivals.
Drums of Death has released two 12" vinyl singles on the Greco- Roman record label and a video for the second single" Got Yr Thing".
In 2008 a limited edition 12" picture disc called" Dodfucksupanescorttune"( a legit bootleg of the song" Starlight" by Escort) was released on Civil Music.
In 2009 Drums of Death created a DJ mix for the Resident Advisor Podcasts.
There was also a special version of the new original song" Lonely Days" made for inclusion in Toddla T's Fabric Live mix CD.
Drums of Death's first full length album, Generation Hexed, was released on the Greco- Roman record label on 6 September 2010.
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From 2011 through to 2012 Drums Of Death released three 12" EPs called" Black WavesRed Waves" and" Blue Waves" on Civil Music.
Following this was the digital release" This Night/ Bang The Dub" on the same label.
In August 2013 the new single" True" featuring Yasmin Shahmir was released on Black Butter Records.
At some point in 2012/2013 he also ceased wearing the mask that he had worn as Drums Of Death.
In recent years he has written and produced for artists such as Azealia Banks and Ryan Ashley.
A version of Drums Of Death's song" Fierce" featuring vocals by Azealia Banks was used in an ASOS Commercial in 2013.
Debra Paget
Debra Paget( born Debralee Griffin; August 19, 1933) is an American actress and entertainer.
She is perhaps best known for her performances in Cecil B. DeMille's epic" The Ten Commandments"( 1956) and in" Love Me Tender"( 1956)( the film debut of Elvis Presley), and for the" risque"( for the time) snake dance scene in" The Indian Tomb"( 1959).

Question: Which film has the director who was born later, Drums Of Africa or The Ten Commandments (1956 Film)?
Answer: Drums Of Africa