Movies by Cecil B. DeMille
As part of the cast:
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The Making of The Ten Commandments (2001)
Cast: Sean MacLaughlin, Cecil B. DeMille, Charlton Heston …
Go behind the scenes of the beloved biblical epic The Ten Commandments, starring Charlton Heston as Moses and directed by legendary filmmaker Cecil B. DeMille, who also introduces this…
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Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Cast: William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim …
Directed by: Billy Wilder
Running from debt collectors, screenwriter Joe Gillis stumbles upon the crumbling mansion of former silent-film star Norma Desmond. As he begins penning a comeback screenplay for her, their…
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My Favorite Blonde / Star Spangled Rhythm (1942)
Cast: Bob Hope, Madeleine Carroll, Gale Sondergaard …
Directed by: Sidney Lanfield, George Marshall
Bob Hope pops up alongside some of Hollywood's biggest stars in this pair of Paramount comedies. In My Favorite Blonde (1942), a good-natured entertainer (Hope) finds himself caught up…
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The Yankee Clipper (1927)
Cast: D.W. Griffith, Cecil B. DeMille, William Boyd …
Directed by: Rupert Julian
Film giants D.W. Griffith and Cecil B. DeMille join forces for this silent saga of America's maritime rivalry with the British. Bostonian Hal Winslow (William Boyd) captains the title…
As a director:
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The Ten Commandments (1956)
Cast: Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter …
Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille
The story of Moses comes to life in director Cecil B. DeMille's gigantic retelling. As the Egyptian prince turned Prophet of the Jews, Charlton Heston is Biblical fury incarnate,…
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The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
Cast: Betty Hutton, Cornel Wilde, Charlton Heston …
Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil B. DeMille directs this Oscar winner for Best Picture, a splashy, three-ring epic about Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Charlton Heston stars as the respected circus manager…
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Unconquered (1947)
Cast: Gary Cooper, Paulette Goddard, Howard Da Silva …
Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille
Director Cecil B. DeMille's sprawling historical epic stars Gary Cooper as Capt. Christopher Holden, who's charged with defending Pennsylvania's Fort Pitt from an Indian leader…
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Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Cast: John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Robert Preston …
Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille
Boat captain Jack (John Wayne) and lawyer Steve (Ray Milland) vie for the love of feisty salvage ship owner Loxi (Paulette Goddard), but fraud and jealousy lead to major disaster. Cecil B.…
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Union Pacific (1939)
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Akim Tamiroff …
Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille
During the transcontinental railroad's construction, troubleshooter Jeff Butler (Joel McCrea) and his buddy Dick Allen (Robert Preston) end up on opposing sides when Allen partners with…
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The Buccaneer (1938)
Cast: Fredric March, Franciska Gaal, Akim Tamiroff …
Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil B. DeMille directs this 1938 adventure starring Fredric March as Jean Lafitte, a swashbuckling New Orleans pirate who helps Gen. Andrew Jackson (Hugh Sothern) fight the British during…
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The Plainsman (1937)
Cast: Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, James Ellison …
Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil B. DeMille envisions a time filled with drama and romance in this Western nail-biter about Wild Bill Hickock's (Gary Cooper) battle to end a Native American revolt. Meanwhile,…
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The Crusades (1935)
Cast: Loretta Young, Henry Wilcoxon, Ian Keith …
Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil B. DeMille directed this lavish epic about the holy wars, which earned an Oscar nod for Best Cinematography. In medieval Europe, the Christians are planning war against the Saracens,…
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Cleopatra (1934)
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Warren William, Henry Wilcoxon …
Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille
Legendary director Cecil B. DeMille helms this spectacle about ancient Egypt, with Claudette Colbert as the queen of the Nile and Warren William and Henry Wilcoxon in the roles of Julius…
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Four Frightened People (1934)
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Herbert Marshall, Mary Boland …
Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille
The legendary Cecil B. DeMille directs this compact disaster drama, his second film ever to be produced with the aid of sound. When an infectious plague breaks out aboard an ocean liner, four…
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The Sign of the Cross (1932)
Cast: Fredric March, Elissa Landi, Claudette Colbert …
Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille
Director Cecil B. DeMille's sweeping epic set in 64 A.D. snagged an Oscar nod for Best Cinematography. Looking for a scapegoat after burning Rome, Emperor Nero blames the Christians and…
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The King of Kings: Roadshow Version (1927)
Cast: H.B. Warner, Dorothy Cumming, Ernest Torrence …
Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille
This uncut, restored digital version of Cecil B. DeMille's silent epic, whose auspicious premiere was the 1927 grand opening of Grauman's Chinese Theatre, is 45 minutes longer than…
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The King of Kings: General Release Version (1927)
Cast: H.B. Warner, Dorothy Cumming, Ernest Torrence …
Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil B. DeMille, master of the epic film, directed a cast of thousands in this silent, spectacular cinematic reenactment of Christ's life -- one of the highest-grossing movies of its…
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The Ten Commandments (1923)
Cast: Theodore Roberts, Charles de Rochefort, Estelle Taylor …
Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille
Using California's dunes as a proxy for Egyptian sands, acclaimed director Cecil B. DeMille launched his first film production of The Ten Commandments, casting Theodore Roberts as Moses…
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The Affairs of Anatol (1921)
Cast: Wallace Reid, Gloria Swanson, Theodore Roberts …
Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille
Anatol de Witt Spencer (Wallace Reid) and his young bride, Vivian (Gloria Swanson), are on their honeymoon when Anatol discovers something terrible: His high school sweetheart, Emile (Wanda…
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Why Change Your Wife? / Miss Lulu Bett (1920)
Cast: Gloria Swanson, Thomas Meighan, Lois Wilson …
Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille
Gloria Swanson stars as frumpy Beth Gordon, who loses her hubby to a sexy dame in director Cecil B. DeMille's comedy Why Change Your Wife, one of two silent films in this double bill.…
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Why Change Your Wife? (1920)
Cast: Gloria Swanson, Thomas Meighan, Bebe Daniels …
Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille
After her husband, Robert (Thomas Meighan), leaves her for a sexy cabaret girl named Sally (Bebe Daniels), bookish Beth (Gloria Swanson) realizes she's become dull and boring. But by…
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Male and Female (1919)
Cast: Raymond Hatton, Lila Lee, Thomas Meighan …
Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille
Cecille B. DeMille's first big success was this silent adaptation of the play "The Admirable Crichton" by J.M. Barrie. In a star-making performance, Gloria Swanson plays Lady Mary…
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Old Wives for New / The Whispering Chorus (1918)
Cast: Elliott Dexter, Raymond Hatton, Florence Vidor …
Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille
Two silent films from Cecil B. DeMille's vault reveal a seldom-seen side of the director known for his epic grandeur. In Old Wives for New (1918), Charles Murdock (Elliott Dexter) gets…
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Old Wives for New (1918)
Cast: Elliot Dexter, Sylvia Ashton, Florence Vidor …
Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille
Frustrated that his wife, Sophy (Sylvia Ashton), has neglected her personal appearance, businessman Charles Murdock (Elliot Dexter) leaves the marriage and embarks on a series of affairs with…
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The Whispering Chorus (1918)
Cast: Raymond Hatton, Edythe Chapman, Kathlyn Williams …
Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille
To evade prosecution for embezzlement, bank clerk John Tremble (Raymond Hatton) fakes his death by arranging for a mutilated corpse to be identified as his. But after living in the clear for…
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Joan the Woman (1917)
Cast: Geraldine Farrar, Raymond Hatton, Hobart Bosworth …
Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil B. DeMille directs this classic silent epic, which stars Geraldine Farrar as Joan of Arc in a visually stunning retelling of the French martyr's story. A British soldier finds a…
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The Little American (1917)
Cast: Raymond Hatton, Jack Holt, Mary Pickford …
Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille
At the onset of World War I, American heiress Angela (Mary Pickford) is pursued by two suitors -- French Jules (Raymond Hatton) and German Karl (Jack Holt). After each man returns to his…
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Carmen / The Cheat (1915)
Cast: Geraldine Farrar, Wallace Reid, Pedro de Cordoba …
Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille
Two spectacular Cecil B. DeMille classics are included in this special collection. Carmen stars legendary soprano Geraldine Farrar in the title role of a woman whose seduction draws Spanish…
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Don't Change Your Husband / The Golden Chance (1915)
Cast: Cleo Ridgely, Elliott Dexter, Gloria Swanson …
Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille
This double bill of Cecil B. DeMille films shows off some of the director's early work. In Don't Change Your Husband (1919), a fickle woman (Gloria Swanson) tires of her husband…
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Carmen (1915)
Cast: Geraldine Farrar, Wallace Reid, Pedro de Cordoba …
Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil B. DeMille directs this 1915 drama about the tumultuous relationship between Carmen (Geraldine Farrar), a lusty Gypsy girl, and Don Jose (Wallace Reid), an upstanding Spanish officer…
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The Cheat (1915)
Cast: Fannie Ward, Sessue Hayakawa, Jack Dean …
Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille
When greedy socialite Edith Hardy (Fannie Ward) embezzles a large sum of money from charity, then loses it all in a bad investment, she secretly turns to shady Japanese merchant Hishuru Tori…
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Don't Change Your Husband (1915)
Cast: Gloria Swanson, Elliot Dexter, Lew Cody …
Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille
Fed up with her neglectful, workaholic husband, James (Elliot Dexter), Leila (Gloria Swanson) decides to get a divorce and marry her virile young lover, Schuyler Van Sutphen (Lew Cody). But…
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The Golden Chance (1915)
Cast: Edythe Chapman, Cleo Ridgely, Wallace Reid …
Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille
When upscale socialite Mrs. Hillary (Edythe Chapman) has an opening for someone to attend her fancy dinner party, her well-bred but unhappily married seamstress, Mary (Cleo Ridgely), steps up…