Bibliography
Cecil B. DeMille: The Art of the Hollywood Epic
Cecilia de Mille Presley and Mark A. Vieira
Published by Running Press-Perseus Books 2014
Table of Contents:
BOOKS
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SIGNED ARTICLES
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Arthur, Jean. “Who Wants to Be a Lady?” The Atlanta Constitution, September 27, 1936, p. SM3.
Bainbridge, John. “Samson, Delilah, and DeMille.” Life 27, No. 23 (December 5, 1949) pp. 138-141, 143, 144, 146, 149.
Berry, Barbara. “Such a Naughty Nero.” Photoplay 43, No. 3 (February 1933) pp. 46-47, 95-96.
Birkenhead, Peter. “Shifting Sands.” Tikkun Daily, April 1, 2014.
Blaisdell, George. “A Man With the Bark On.” The Moving Picture World, March 7, 1914, p. 1243.
Boland, Elena. “DeMille Makes Discovery Satan was Madam.” Los Angeles Times, March 2, 1930, p. B9.
___________. “Kay Johnson a Trio.” Los Angeles Times, September 21, 1930, p. B19.
Brownlow, Kevin. “Lina Basquette.” The Independent, October 8, 1994.
Bush, W. Stephen. “The Cheat.” The Moving Picture World, December 25, 1915.
______________. “The Golden Chance.” The Moving Picture World, January 8, 1916.
Carr, Harry. “Every Little Bit Helps—to Stardom.” Motion Picture 28, No. 10 (November 1924), pp. 21-22.
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Coughlin, Katherine. “Producing The Plainsman.” Movie Classic 11, No. 4 (December 1936), pp. 50, 86-87.
Crowther, Bosley. “The Story of Dr. Wassell.” The New York Times, June 7, 1944.
______________. “The Ten Commandments.” The New York Times, November 9, 1956.
______________. “Unconquered.” The New York Times, October 11, 1947.
DeMille, Cecil B. “After Seventy Pictures.” Films in Review VII, No. 3 (March 1956), pp. 97-102.
______________. “The Enduring Art.” The Hollywood Reporter 142, No. 20 (November 19, 1956)
______________. “Enthusiasm at 73.” The Hollywood Reporter 132, No. 4 (November 12, 1954)
______________. “Forget Spectacle—It’s the Story That Counts.” American Cinematographer (October 1956) p. 7.
______________. “How I Make a Spectacle.” Photoplay 46, No. 5 (October 1934) pp. 43, 99-100.
______________. “Movie Stars’ Secrets.” Unsourced clipping, Margaret Herrick Library Microfilm Collection, Fairbanks Center for Motion Picture Study, (hereinafter MHL).
___________. “The Public Is Always Right.” Ladies Home Journal 44, No. 14 (September 1927), pp. 14, 73-74.
___________. “The Soul of the Circus.” The Hollywood Reporter 111, No. 22 (October 30, 1950)
Drew, Bernard. “Stanwyck Speaks.” Film Comment, March-April 1981, pp. 44-47, 74-75.
Fisher, James B. “Diary of a DeMille Crusader.” Screenland XXXI, No. 5 (September 1935), pp. 20-21, 67-69.
Griffith, Richard. “New York Critics Praise DeMille.” Los Angeles Times, April 6, 1942, p. 8.
Hall, Gladys, and Adele Whitely-Fletcher. “We Interview Cecil B. DeMille.” Motion Picture 23, No. 3 (April 1922), pp. 24-25, 93.
Hamilton, Sara. “The Last of the Veteran Showmen.” Photoplay 44, No. 5 (October 1933), pp. 32-33, 107-109.
Hayes, Barbara. “March Versus the Stage.” Photoplay LII, No. 3 (March 1938), pp. 22-23, 82-83.
Heston, Charlton. In the Arena: An Autobiography. New York: Boulevard Books, 1997.
Hopper, Hedda. “Greatest Show DeMille’s Biggest Topper.” Los Angeles Times, January 27, 1952, p. D1.
____________. “Pictures, Too” Los Angeles Times, March 14, 1938, p. A11.
____________. “November Film Menu.” Los Angeles Times, November 3, 1940, p. D3.
Hurley, Joseph. “Robert Preston.” Films in Review August-September 1982.
Jones, Idwal. “DeMille’s Crusades.” The New York Times, August 4, 1935.
Kendall, Read. “Revenge Dished Up a la Mode.” Los Angeles Times, June 18, 1935, p. 19.
Kingsley, Grace. “The Godless Girl.” Picture-Play 28, No. 5 (July 1928) pp. 50-52, 99.
_____________. “Hollywood Moves to the Holy Land.” Picture-Play 26, No. 1 (March 1927) pp. 44-47, 108-109.
_____________. “Universal to Picture World.” Los Angeles Times, June 3, 1926, p. A8.
Lord, Daniel A., S.J. “Hollywood Treats Own Code as Scrap of Paper.” The Queen’s Work 26, No. 9, (June 1934), pp. 1, 10-11.
Lusk, Norbert. “DeMille Again the Old Master.” Los Angeles Times, December 5, 1932, p. B17.
Macpherson, Jeanie. “I Have Been In Hell.” Movie Weekly, August 19, 1922.
McIlwaine, Robert. “Talking Things Over.” Modern Screen, January 1938.
Millier, Arthur. “Hush! It Is the Great Fuller Brush Scene of Cleopatra.” Los Angeles Times, April 22, 1934, p. A1.
Naylor, Hazel Simpson. “Cecil B. DeMille, the Master of Mystery.” Motion Picture 18, No. 10 (November 1919), pp. 36-37, 126.
Nugent, Frank S. “Union Pacific.” The New York Times, May 11, 1939.
Owen, K. “The Kick-In Prophets.” Photoplay (October 1915).
Parsons, Louella. “Heroic Dr. Wassell Finds Himself Overwhelmed by His Newfound Prominence.” St. Petersburg Times, July 29, 1942, p. 8.
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Poff, Tip. “That Certain Party: The Retort Courteous.” Los Angeles Times, February 4, 1933, p. A1.
Quigley, Martin. “Dr. DeMille on Sex.” Motion Picture Herald 116, No. 7 (August 17, 1934), p. 9.
Schallert, Edwin. “Dietrich May Portray Loupette.” Los Angeles Times, December 2, 1939, p. A9.
_____________. “Dr. Wassell’s Heroism Thrillingly Transcribed.” Los Angeles Times, June 8, 1944, p. A10.
_____________. “Films Can Teach Schools History, Says DeMille.” Los Angeles Times, January 30, 1938, p. C1.
_____________. “Hollywood Has No Actors, Declares DeMille!” Los Angeles Times, January 28, 1934, p. A1.
_____________. “Hollywood Studios Fight the Economic War.” Los Angeles Times, January 3, 1949, p. 13.
_____________. “Irving Thalberg Challenges Cecil B. DeMille.” Los Angeles Times, April 1, 1934, p. A1.
_____________. “South Sea Lure Holds Java Hero.” Los Angeles Times, July 18, 1943, p. C2.
_____________. “Spectacle and Thrill Effects Lend Vivid Interest to DeMille Feature.” Los Angeles Times, July 21, 1929, p. H2.
_____________. “Studio Production Budgets Soaring.” Los Angeles Times, May 7, 1939, p. C3.
_____________. “Third Film Based on American History Considered by De Mille.” Los Angeles Times, January 27, 1938, p. 10.
_____________. “‘This Day and Age’ Real Film Thriller.” Los Angeles Times, August 19, 1933, p. A5.
Scheuer, Philip K. “A Town Called Hollywood.” Los Angeles Times, July 15, 1934, p. A1.
______________. “Hollywood Borrows Tricks from Europe and Vice Versa.” Los Angeles Times, August 6, 1933, p. A1.
______________. “How Come Hokum Cited as Opposite of Vices.” Los Angeles Times, September 14, 1930, p. B9.
______________. “Truth Just Sugar-Coated.” Los Angeles Times, August 4, 1929, p. B19.
______________. “Wanted! A He-Man Who Can Wear Tights.” Los Angeles Times, January 7, 1934, p. A1.
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Shippey, Lee. “Leeside.” Los Angeles Times, August 2, 1944, p. A4.
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Van Ryn, Frederick. “When You See Paramount, Remember DeMille.” Reader’s Digest 41, No. 245 (September 1942) pp. 35-38.
Walters, Gwenn. “Photoplay Fashions.” Photoplay LIII, No. 3 (March 1939), pp. 57-58.
Waterbury, Ruth. “Close Ups and Long Shots.” Photoplay LII, No. 3 (March 1938), pp. 11-12.
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Whitaker, Alma. “DeMille in Manicurist’s Chair, Talks on Religion.” Los Angeles Times, November 27, 1932, p. B12.
Woessner, Charles. Cecil B. DeMille: Screen-Prophet and Cinema-Apostle. Tulare, California: Tulare Times, 1935.
UNSIGNED ARTICLES
“Breaking into the Movies in California.” Motion Picture Magazine, February 1916, p. 110.
“Brickbats and Bouquets.” Photoplay 34, No. 6 (November 1928), pp. 8, 92-93.
“Brickbats and Bouquets.” Photoplay 46, No. 5 (October 1934) pp. 8, 14, 16.
“The Crusades.” Time Magazine, September 4, 1935.
“Dance Value Held Sound.” Los Angeles Times, May 11, 1930, p. B12.
“Deadline for Film Dirt.” Variety, June 13, 1933, I, p. 6.
“DeMille Explains How Players Become Stars.” Unsourced clipping, MHL.
“DeMille Finds High School Generation Grown Mature.” Los Angeles Times, August 20, 1933, p. A3.
“The Dumb Carmen Happy.” Photoplay, September 1915, pp. 57-58.
“Film Making Means Millions to Los Angeles.” Los Angeles Times, January 1, 1916, p. III66.
“Film Studio to Offset European Market Loss.” Los Angeles Times, April 1, 1939, p. A16.
“Gas Turned On to Make Rome Burn.” Los Angeles Times, October 16, 1932, p. B11.
“Genuine Film Masterpiece.” Moving Picture World, July 3, 1915.
“Geraldine Farrar Seen But Not Heard.” The New York Times, November 1, 1915, p. I1.
“Gorgeously Extravagant Production.” Wid’s Daily Magazine 15, No. 28 (January 30, 1921), p. 2.
“Human Touch Injected into Pictures by DeMille.” Los Angeles Times, February 23, 1935, p. A3.
“In the Motion Picture Swim.” Los Angeles Times, February 1, 1910, p. III4.
“Kindling.” Variety, July 16, 1915.
“Lasky Fetes His Success in Film Twenty Years Ago.” Los Angeles Times, January 14, 1933, p. A12.
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UNPUBLISHED DOCUMENTS
Brownlow, Kevin. “Geraldine Farrar: April 3, 1964, a conversation with Agnes de Mille and Kevin Brownlow.” Photoplay Pictures Collection, London, UK.
Wall, James M. “Interview with Geoffrey Shurlock.” Louis B. Mayer Library, American Film Institute.
Zeitlin, David I. “Interview with Anne Bauchens, undated.” David I. Zeitlin Papers, Special Collections, Margaret Herrick Library, Fairbanks Center for Motion Picture Study, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Zeitlin, David I. “Interview with Henry Wilcoxon, October 16, 1956.” David I. Zeitlin Papers, Special Collections, Margaret Herrick Library, Fairbanks Center for Motion Picture Study, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.