It is this situation which makes the availability of the production cost and boxoffice gross figures for the early films of Cecil B. Demille all the more welcome. This summary of financial data for DeMille's first 61 films tells a story of the growth of www.cinemaweb.com/silentfilm/bookshelf/10_dwp_3.htm
His parents Henry C. DeMille and Beatrice DeMille wrote plays. Henry died when he was 12 and his mother supported the family by opening a school for girls and a theatrical company. Too young to enlist in the Spanish-American War he followed his brother Wi www.imdb.com/name/nm0001124/
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Cecil B. Demille Original name:Cecil Blount DeMille Birth: Aug. 12, 1881 Death: Jan. 21, 1959 Legendary movie producer and director. www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=274
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