Cecil B. DeMille

Daisy. In 2005, Freeman earned an Oscar Nomination for being the Best Supporting Actor in Clint Eastwood’s film Million Dollar Baby. Morgan Freeman was now one of the most respected Hollywood stars. In 2012’s Golden Globe, he earned the Cecil B. DeMille award for his “outstanding contribution to the world of entertainment.” In 2016, President Barack Obama presented Freeman with National Medal of Arts. “For his outstanding work as an actor, director, and narrator. His iconic stage and

Cecil B. DeMille’s The Sign of The Cross (1932) is not a film that can be labeled with a pro-Christian or anti-Christian message. DeMille does an great job of presenting the romans and Christians in a realistic manner for the time that movie is set in. Rather than place Christians and Christianity on a pedestal of holiness, DeMille’s depiction of the early Christians shows the audience how they were persecuted by the Romans under the command of the Emperor Nero. The film begins with Nero standing

celebrated.” Winfrey talks of the color of black as a race, a race that had been treated as less since the foundations of America was set into place. This man she spoke of was Sidney Poitier, who was the first ever African American to win this Cecil B. Demille award. Oprah talks of a ‘black’ man winning this award and breaking the racial barrier of this award. Oprah says the phrase, “ I’d never seen a black man being celebrated like that before.” The connotation behind this color shows a race that

Academy Awards, 22 competitive Academy Awards, 7 Emmy Awards, and 59 nominations in his lifetime. Walt holds the record for most nomination and wins for an individual in history. His first Academy Award was for Mickey Mouse. He also won the Cecil B. Demille Award. His first big hit movie was “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” which was open to the public in 1938. “Cinderella” was his next big hit in 1948. Walt had a total of 70 movies in his lifetime. He is the founder of Disneyland and Walt

While the 50’s were known as a major countercultural era, the 1950’s in America also allowed for religion to make a big resurgence. In 1950 specifically, 40% of American were a church member, and by 1960 this number had risen to nearly 70%. President Eisenhower during this time stated, "Our government makes no sense unless it is founded on a deeply felt religious faith." As he was concerned about Americans being "deadened in mind and soul by a materialistic philosophy of life." To take it a step

projects, such as Cleopatra starring Cecil B. DeMilles, and the Angel starring Ernst Lubitsch and Marlene Dietrich. Another director named Metro Goldwyn Mayer was a master with writing screwball comedies and also light thrillers; they are “The Thin Man, and Frankenstein.” That people have loved so much, we still watch them today. Different varieties were coming out during this terrible time in history. So under studio-system, people distributed films from A-B movies. The A movies were big budget

The Ten Commandments The Ten Commandments is a 1956 religious film which based on the life of a biblical character name Moses. This story is denoted from the Book of Exodus, which depicts how Moses lived his life. The Ten Commandments tell historical events about how the Judeo-Christian God chose Moses as one of his prophets to lead his people out of Egypt and free from bondage. The Ten Commandments also provide the historical background of how the Ten Commandments was the law set by the Judeo-Christian

On January 7th, 2018, Oprah Winfrey delivered her acceptance speech for the Cecil B. DeMille Award for her outstanding contributions to the world of entertainment at the Golden Globes. She brought the entire audience to their feet and likely invoked the same emotions in the millions of people watching from their televisions at home. She was able to accomplish this by her use of rhetoric in the form of repetition, allusion, and her use of pathos. Throughout her speech, Winfrey used certain words or

On January 7, 2018, actress and entrepreneur, Oprah Winfrey, gave a powerful acceptance speech as the recipient of the Golden Globes’ annual Cecil B. DeMille award for lifetime achievement. Oprah’s speech brought many men and women that were in the audience to their feet. Oprah begins by talking about when she was a little girl watching Sidney Poitier getting celebrated. She nexts talks becoming the first black woman to win the award. She finally says the two words that impacted on the audience

entertainment, spirituality and culture. Over the last century, the cinema has played a vital role in the expression and representation of Judeo-Christian religious practices and beliefs. Early cinema told the life of Christ in the Passion Play and Cecil B DeMille produced two spectacular versions of The Ten Commandments in 1923 and 1956. While cinema represented religious themes and figures, religious institutions also shaped the emergence of this moving image technology and its