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Tag: Epics

Fannie Ward and Sessue Hayakawa in Cecil B. DeMille's 1915 film The Cheat

Empire of Dreams: The Epic Life of Cecil B. DeMille—Book Review

June 2, 2023June 2, 2023Shawn HallNo Comments

Over eighty years after his death, Cecil B. DeMille remains one of the most recognizable classic Hollywood figures. In large part due to The Ten Commandments airing on ABC Easter weekend every year for the past half a century, Cecil B. DeMille stands as a …

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Book Reviews2023 Summer Reading Challenge, Cecil B. DeMille, Epics, Silent Movies
Frederic March and Claudette Colbert in The Sign of the Cross.

The Sign of the Cross (1932): DeMille’s Pre-Code Epic

April 9, 2023May 5, 2023Shawn HallNo Comments

With only a small handful of Easter related films, DeMille is easily the director most associated with the holiday. A lot of that has to do with the longevity of his 1956 remake of his silent epic The Ten Commandments which ABC has aired on …

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Film Reviews1930s, Auteurs, Cecil B. DeMille, Easter, Epics, Pre-Code Hollywood

The Ten Commandments (1923): DeMille’s Silent Biblical Epic

April 5, 2020April 22, 2023Shawn HallNo Comments

It’s not very often that a filmmaker gets to remake his or her own movie. Directors are lucky enough to make two separate movies let only the same movie twice! There are however a few examples of a director looking back to their earlier days …

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Film Reviews1920s, Auteurs, Cecil B. DeMille, Easter, Epics, Silent Movies

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