Cecil B. DeMille

Trivia

• The Golden Globe Award's annual Cecil B. DeMille Award recognizes lifetime achievement in the film industry.
• The former film building at Chapman University in Orange, California is named in honor of DeMille. The Lawrence and Kristina Dodge College of Film and Media Arts now resides in Marion Knotts Studios.
• DeMille was one of the first directors in Hollywood to become a celebrity in his own right. From 1936 to 1944, DeMille hosted and even acted as pitchman for Cecil B. DeMille's Lux Radio Theater, which was one of the most popular dramatic radio shows at the time.
• DeMille entered films in 1913. He directed dozens of silent films.
• DeMille also served as producer and/or director for many plays. Some of these plays were later adapted into silent and sound films.
• DeMille began his career as an actor on the Broadway stage in the theatrical company of Charles Frohman in 1900.
• Was a legendary American film director and Academy Award-winning film producer. He was renowned for the flamboyance and showmanship of his movies.

Quotes

• "I didn't write the Bible and didn't invent sin."
• "I make my pictures for people, not for critics."
• "A picture is made a success not on a set but over the drawing board."
• "Every time I make a picture the critics' estimate of American public taste goes down ten percent."
• "Give me any two pages of the Bible and I'll give you a picture."
• "The public is always right."