This is a definitive biography of one of the giants of Hollywood - The first full account of Cecil B. DeMille's life and the making of his films. The first twenty years of his career were a struggle against adversity, and then he was to produce some of the great box-office successes of all time. In the author's view, DeMille was "a great film director who settled, finally, for being a great entertainer."
The early silent pictures, like Joan the Woman, The Cheat and The Affairs of Anatol, were striking artistic achievements; but DeMille's world-wide fame rests on the "epics," the extravaganzas - The two versions of The Ten Command-ments, The King of Kings, The Sign of the Cross, Samson and Delilah, and many more.
Illustrated in b/w throughout.
