Cecil B. DeMille

American film director, producer and actor (1881–1959)

Cecil Blount DeMille was an American filmmaker and actor. Between 1914 and 1958, he created 70 features including silent and sound films. He is acknowledged as a founding father of American cinema and the most commercially successful producer-director in film history, with many films dominating the box office three or four at a time. 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.

Wikipedia · Wikidata · IMDb · Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 87 films (1914–1964) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 37 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲	Title	Creator	Length	Format	Color	Sound
1927	The Fighting Eagle	DeMille Pictures Corporation		16mm	B&W	silent
1927	THE FIGHTING EAGLE.	Pathe Exchange Inc.	9 reels	16mm	B&W	silent
1927	THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS.	Pathe Exchange Inc.	7 reels	16mm	B&W	sound
1927	The Yankee Clipper	DeMille Pictures Corporation	11500	16mm	B&W	silent
1928	WALKING BACK.	Pathe Exchange Inc.	6 reels		B&W
1930	Madam Satan	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp	1:56:00	16mm	B&W	sound
1932	THE SIGN OF THE CROSS.	Paramount Publix Corp.	14 reels		B&W
1933	This Day and Age	Paramount Productions Inc \| Paramount Publix Corporation	1:25:00	16mm	B&W	sound
1933	THIS DAY AND AGE.	Paramount Productions Inc.	9 reels		B&W
1934	Four frightened people	1934) (theatrical): Distributor	1:18:00	16mm	B&W	sound
1935	Hollywood Extra Girl	Blackhawk Pictures Inc	0:11:00	16mm	B&W	sound
1935	The Crusades	Paramount News Service	29	16mm	B&W
1935	The Crusades	Cecil B. DeMille	12:00		B&W
1935	THE CRUSADES	Cecil B. DeMille	125 min		B&W
1935	THE CRUSADES	Films, Inc	135min	16mm	B&W	Sound
1936	[The Plainsman]	Cecil B. DeMille	113 min	16mm	B&W
1939	LAND OF LIBERTY	Cecil B. DeMille			B&W
1939	LAND OF LIBERTY	Teaching Film Custodians, Inc	80min		B&W	Sound
1939	Land of liberty.	Cecil B. DeMille		16mm	B&W
1939	Union Pacific	Paramount Pictures Inc.	2:16:00	16mm	B&W	sound
1940	North West Mounted Police	Cecil B. DeMille	126 min		Color
1941	Land Of Liberty. ▶	Cecil B. DeMille	10 reels	16mm	B&W	sound
1942	Reap The Wild Wind.	Cecil B. DeMille	13 reels		Color
1944	THE STORY OF DR. WASSELL	Cecil B. DeMille	15 reels		Color	sound
1947	Unconquered	Florida Dept Of Commerce Film Library	147 min	16mm	Color	sound
1947	Unconquered	Cecil B. DeMille	12:00		Color
1947	Unconquered.	Paramount Pictures Inc.	147 min	35mm	Color	sound
1947	Variety Girl.	George Marshall	93 min.	35mm	B&W	sound
1948	California's Golden Beginning ▶	Palmer (W.A.) Films		16mm		sound
1950	Samson and Delilah ▶	Paramount Pictures Corp.	131 min	16mm	Color
1950	Sunset Boulevard	Films inc.	110 mi	16mm	B&W	sound
1952	The Greatest Show on Earth	Cecil B. DeMille	152 min		Color
1956	THE TEN COMMANDMENTS ▶	Cecil B. DeMille	220 min	16mm	Color
1956	The Ten commandments	Cecil B. DeMille	220 min		Color
1956	THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.	Paramount Pictures Corp.	219 min	35mm	Color	sound
1959	Yankee clipper.	Cecil B. DeMille		16mm		sound
1964	Hollywood and the stars.	The great directors sponsored by Purex and Timex ; a David L. Wolper production ; United Artists Television ; production executive, Sydney Field ; associate producer, Julian Ludwig ; written and produced by Nicholas Noxon ; series producer-director, Jack Haley, Jr.	26	16mm	B&W	sound