Cecil B. DeMille

The Sons Of Guadalupe Don’t Eat the Bear: A Spanish adventurer named Gaspar De Portola in 1769 passed through a region what is now Santa Barbara. In the near by sand dunes he found a lake where he crossed passed with an “oso flaco”, a skinny bear. They were dying of hunger and ate the skinny bear not knowing it was poisoned. El Rincon Del Mundo: The Spanish believed that California was the place of great mystery and perhaps even paradise. Before the eighteenth century it was too far north from

Monty Python’s Life of Brian traces the tragic last year of Brian of Nazareth, a man who shares his exact birthday and town with Jesus Christ, the subject of countless biblical epic films. Comedy distinguishes this biopic, which features a male actor playing the analog of the Virgin Mary, a cured leper begging for alms, and spontaneous song on the crucifix. It is not sufficient, however, to relegate the film to parody, which seems the obvious criticism, simply for taking a comedic outlook.

Frank Sinatra was born the first and only child and started singing when he watched Bing Crosby and became inspired. He accomplished many things and had many great songs and albums. He received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and headlined the 1965 Newport Jazz Festival with Count Basie's Orchestra. Born on December 12, 1915, Frank Sinatra was the only child of Natalie Della Garaventa and Anthony Martin Sinatra. He was born in Hoboken, New Jersey. Growing up, Frank was influenced by his father

Thank you for your comments throughout the course and for your question here. I will endeavor to answer it in such a way as to let you know more fully what my comments mean. In my efforts to be concise, I admit I was unable to explain fully and frankly, I just wasn't sure how it would be received. It is obvious from several comments in the class that there are more misconceptions than can be tackled in just one week. To the point, certainly there are several connotation of “anti-Mormon literature

into talkies and she is not able to adapt to the changes happening. However, she does not plan to leave the industry, she wants to make a comeback and revive her career by coercing Joe to edit her script of Salomé for her, and planning to ask Cecil B. Demille to direct this film, announcing her comeback. Her failure to recognize the fact that the industry has already moved on without her contributes to her deteriorating mental

but she could pitch some curves of her own, people were interested, big ones, and to top it all, Benny Polan, a respected guy, Benny wants to marry her. An agent could ask for more? Then wham! The Story of Dr. Wassell. You see that picture? Cecil B. DeMille. Gary Cooper. Jesus. I kill myself. It’s all set: they're going to test her for the part of

A fragment of life in Hollywood is being spread over the screen of the Music Hall in Sunset Boulevard. Utilizing as the premise of their forthcoming, burning dramatization a shameful circumstance including a blurred, maturing quiet screen star and a destitute, pessimistic youthful scriptwriter, Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder (with an aid from D. M. Marshman, Jr.) have composed an effective story of the aspirations and disappointments that join to make life in the cardboard city so entrancing to

god, Yahweh, and the Deliverer, Moses, and their journey to the Promised Land. To facilitate the comprehension of Exodus—or to make hundreds of millions of dollars—film studios have produced many film adaptations of Exodus—two in the case of Cecil B. DeMille. Two such films are The Ten Commandments and The Prince of Egypt. The former, a live-action motion picture released in 1956, is DeMille’s second iteration of Exodus, while the latter, released in 1998, is a DreamWorks-made animated version of

This essay will discuss the life and works of Ayn Rand. The woman who would become Ayn Rand was born Alice Rosenbaum on February 2, 1905. (Branden, Barbara pg.3 1986). She was born during the eleventh year of Nicholas II's reign in Russia.(Baker pg.1 1987). Rand's birth was just before a revolution in Russia, however this revolution was put down by her first year.(Branden, Barbara pg.3 1986). The Rosenbaum's lived quite comfortably under the czar.(Baker pg.1 1987). Beneath their large apartment was

1920’s American Film During the 1920s, American Film was at the peak of its glory. 1920s Film was the biggest form of entertainment and a weekly pastime for millions of Americans, regardless of race and social background. Silent films continued to improve and innovate the film industry. Hollywood established themselves as an American force and produced hundreds of silent films. Also, Hollywood became the birthplace of “movie stars” such as Janet Gaynor, Rudolph Valentino, and Charlie Chaplin. Movie