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Cecil B. DeMille - what members say

Sunset Boulevard review by from Fife

Gloriously Twisted 7 December 2003
...who is played by the real-life, faded film-star Gloria Swanson. Buster Keaton, Cecil B. DeMille, and others play themselves in this behind-the-camera drama. Billy Wilder... Read customer review

Unconquered review by from Aylesbury/Bucks/England

The Perils of Paulette... 20 February 2008
...Cecil B. DeMille had been doing a series of films about American History from 1937 (THE PLAINSMAN) to 1940 (THE NORTHWEST MOUNTED POLICE - although actually it was a film regar... Read customer review

The Greatest Show On Earth review by Greenfingersjake from Milton Keynes

The greatest show on earth 8 October 2010
...um and Bailey Circus, the best three-ring circus in the land. The great showman Cecil B. DeMille produced and directed this splashy, colourful look at life under the big top. C... Read customer review

Cecil B. DeMille - filmography

The Ten Commandments on DVD (1956)
Starring: Anne Baxter, Edward G. Robinson, Yul Brynner
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Certificate:
Based on the Holy Scriptures, with additional dialogue by several other hands, The Ten Commandments was the last film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. The story relates the life of Moses, from the time he was discovered in the bullrushes as an infant by the pharoah's daughter, to his long, hard ..read more »

70% from 2,383 members

The Greatest Show On Earth on DVD (1952)
Starring: Charlton Heston, Betty Hutton
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Certificate:
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH is a dazzling spectacle of life behind the scenes with Ringling Bros.-Barnum and Bailey Circus, the best three-ring circus in the land. The great showman Cecil B. DeMille produced and directed this splashy, colourful look at life under the big top. Charlton Heston stars ..read more »

63% from 620 members

Sunset Boulevard on DVD (1950)
Starring: Gloria Swanson, William Holden, Erich Von Stroheim
Director: Billy Wilder
Certificate:
Billy Wilder's masterpiece, a corrosive black comedy that remains the most memorable assault on the emptiness and vanity of the movie business, it stars William Holden as young, down-and-out screenwriter Joe Gillis. Narrated in flashbacks by the now-deceased scribe, the film unwinds the series of ..read more »

76% from 11,665 members

Samson and Delilah (1949)
Starring: Hedy Lamarr, Victor Mature, George Sanders
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Certificate:
Delilah, rejected by religious strong man Samson, cuts his hair and delivers him to his enemies.

30% from 2 members
Currently unavailable

Unconquered on DVD (1947)
Starring: Gary Cooper, Paulette Goddard, Howard Da Silva
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Certificate:
Legendary showman Cecil B. DeMille directed this lavish historical drama about the conflict between Native Americans and colonists in the pre-Revolutionary War American wilderness. Paulette Goddard stars as Abby Hale, an English convict sentenced to slavery in America who is bought and freed by ..read more »

59% from 50 members

The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944)
Starring: Gary Cooper, Laraine Day, Signe Hasso
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Certificate:
Gary Cooper stars as real-life hero Dr. Corydon N. Wassell, who single-handedly transported 12 wounded soldiers from Java to Australia during World War II. He was awarded the Navy Cross and was hailed by President Franklin Roosevelt. Dr. Wassell, a medical researcher in China, signs on to the vast ..read more »

67% from 4 members
Currently unavailable

Reap The Wild Wind on DVD (1942)
Starring: Ray Milland, John Wayne, Paulette Goddard
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Certificate:
John Wayne, Ray Milland, and Paulette Goddard team up with the legendary producer-director Cecil B. DeMille to create one of the greatest swashbuckling epics of all time. Adventures on the panoramic high seas highlight this tale of two men competing for the same woman. Key West in the 1840s is ..read more »

62% from 210 members

The Plainsman on DVD (1936)
Starring: Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, James Ellison
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Certificate:
Wild Bill Hickok attempts to stop an Indian uprising that was started by white gun-runners.

60% from 148 members

Cleopatra - Blu-ray (1934)
Starring: Henry Wilcoxon, Warren William, Claudette Colbert
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Certificate:
Claudette Colbert stars in Cecil B DeMille's fevered portrait of the decadence and sexual depravity of Cleopatra and her life.

20% from 1 member
Not available for rental

The King of Kings on DVD (1927)
Starring: H.B. Warner, Dorothy Cumming, Ernest Torrence
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Certificate:
Mary Magdalene becomes angry when Judas, now a follower of Jesus, won't come to her feast. She goes to see Jesus and becomes repentant. [B?]

50% from 68 members

Cecil B. DeMille facts

5 most recent films

The Ten Commandments - 3.5 stars
The Greatest Show On Earth - 3.0 stars
Sunset Boulevard - 4.0 stars
Samson and Delilah - 1.5 stars
Unconquered - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Sunset Boulevard - 4.0 stars
The Ten Commandments - 3.5 stars
The Greatest Show On Earth - 3.0 stars
Reap The Wild Wind - 3.0 stars
The Plainsman - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Cleopatra - Blu-ray - 1.0 stars
Samson and Delilah - 1.5 stars
The Story of Dr. Wassell - 3.5 stars
The King of Kings - 2.5 stars
Unconquered - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Henry Wilcoxon - 3 times - show films
Gary Cooper - 3 times - show films
Raymond Hatton - 2 times - show films
H.B. Warner - 2 times - show films
Gloria Swanson - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Cecil B. DeMille - 1 times - show films
Joseph Levering - 1 times - show films
Billy Wilder - 1 times - show films