Cecil B. DeMille

Did this same industry call Cecil B. DeMille crazy when he directed "The Ten Commandments"?

Mail Call: L.A. Lakers Star Kobe Bryant At The Fo 2007

Filmmakers such as Cecil B. DeMille cleaned up the vamp image for a wider audience.

Theda Bara. 2009

"Avatar" 's genre is the eye-popping, crowd-thrilling spectacle, and the man who made it is a direct descendant of such earlier kings of the movie world as D.W. Griffith and Cecil B. DeMille (as well as such disparate technical wizards as B.ster Keaton and Stanley Kubrick).

The Bomb Squad vs. The Blue Blockbuster Joe Morgenstern 2010

A lesson can be learned from Martin Scorsese, who, in over three and a half minutes, was precise and to the point, schooling us in the importance of film preservation and the legend of Cecil B. DeMille, whose name emblazoned the career achievement award he'd just been given.

Michael Russnow: The Golden Globes a Disappointment: Gervais was Mixed and Lots of Winners Weren't Prepared 2010

"Avatar" 's genre is the eye-popping, crowd-thrilling spectacle, and the man who made it is a direct descendant of such earlier kings of the movie world as D.W. Griffith and Cecil B. DeMille (as well as such disparate technical wizards as B.ster Keaton and Stanley Kubrick).

The Bomb Squad vs. The Blue Blockbuster Joe Morgenstern 2010

"Avatar" 's genre is the eye-popping, crowd-thrilling spectacle, and the man who made it is a direct descendant of such earlier kings of the movie world as D.W. Griffith and Cecil B. DeMille (as well as such disparate technical wizards as B.ster Keaton and Stanley Kubrick).

The Bomb Squad vs. The Blue Blockbuster Joe Morgenstern 2010

"Avatar" 's genre is the eye-popping, crowd-thrilling spectacle, and the man who made it is a direct descendant of such earlier kings of the movie world as D.W. Griffith and Cecil B. DeMille (as well as such disparate technical wizards as B.ster Keaton and Stanley Kubrick).

The Bomb Squad vs. The Blue Blockbuster Joe Morgenstern 2010

A lesson can be learned from Martin Scorsese, who, in over three and a half minutes, was precise and to the point, schooling us in the importance of film preservation and the legend of Cecil B. DeMille, whose name emblazoned the career achievement award he'd just been given.

The Golden Globes a Disappointment: Gervais was Mixed and Lots of Winners Weren't Prepared 2010

Mr. Cooper got the Oscar for best actor, but the film itself lost the best-picture contest (inexplicably) to Cecil B. DeMille

The Oscar for Best Retiree Goes to... 2010

Sumptuous historical epics have long been part of screen entertainment, from Cecil B. DeMille to "Gone With the Wind," "Ben-Hur" to "Braveheart."

Small Screens, Big Budgets 2010