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Cecil B. DeMille
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Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Editor Born: August 12, 1881 in Ashfield, MA Death: January 21, 1959 in Hollywood, CA Biography:An actor and general manager with his mother's theatrical troupe since the mid-1900s, Cecil B. DeMille formed a filmmaking partnership in 1913 with vaudeville artist "Jesse L. Lasky" and businessman Samuel Goldfish (soon to be known as "Samuel Goldwyn"). Their first venture was "The Squaw Man" (1914), which DeMille co-directed, co-wrote and co-produced with Oscar Apfel. This successful and elaborate six-reeler launched DeMille on a lifelong career in films. His first solo effort was the Western "The Virginian" (1914), which he also co-scripted. He edited and wrote (or co-wrote) almost all his successful films, with the notable exception of the popular melodrama "The Cheat" (1915). Writer "Jeanie Macpherson" began working for DeMille in 1914 with "The Captive" (1915), and wrote most of his later silent films: hits that included witty romantic farces ("Don't Change Your Husband"); epic morality tales... Full Biography
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