NP Cecil B. DeMille: A Life in Art

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Cecil B. DeMille: A Life in Art 
Louvish, Simon (Author) 
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books 
 
US SRP: $ 27.95 US  -  (Discount: REG)  
 
Binding: Hardcover  
 
Pub Date: March 2008  
 
Street Date: March 04, 2008 
 
Annotation: Louvish has written not just a personal biography of the famed
director whose name was synonymous with the spectacular and extravagant,
but this work also chronicles the evolution of Hollywood films from silent
to sound. Illustrated. 
 

 
Features: Bibliography, Index   
 
Initial Print Run: 20000  
 
Physical Info: 1.67" H x 9.58" L x 6.52" W (1.68 lbs) 528 pages  
 
Carton Quantity: 16     
 
 

Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.    
Library Journal (Friday , February 15, 2008):
Louvish ("Mae West; Stan and Ollie: The Roots of Comedy"), known for his
meticulous biographical research, offers the first major biography of
legendary Hollywood director Cecil B. DeMille in over a quarter of a
century, following a current trend of reexamining DeMille's film career and
his place in film history. Louvish explains that DeMille does not deserve
to be marginalized as the innovator of the biblical epic; of DeMille's 70
films, Louvish writes, "only eight of these could be called 'epics']only
four were 'Biblical' films." With careful research and a nuanced
consideration of his subject, Louvish explores DeMille's special niche in
film, that of "sex and God." He also reconsiders his role as a film pioneer
and one of the founders of the "celluloid cathedral" that is Hollywood to
this day. Louvish's biography will stand as an invaluable contribution to
the understanding of DeMille and his place in film history. Highly
recommended for academic and larger public libraries.Teri Shiel, Westfield
State Coll. Lib., MA Copyright 2008 Reed Business Information. 

Publishers Weekly (Monday , December 10, 2007):
London-based novelist Louvish ("The Cosmic Follies") is a former
documentary filmmaker who has written biographies of W.C. Fields, Laurel
and Hardy, the Marx Brothers and Mae West. Shifting from comedy to drama,
he surveys the career of pioneering director DeMille in this
well-researched, unauthorized biography. When the DeMille estate offered no
assistance, Louvish was forced to relate DeMilles saga largely through his
films, so the reader gets only occasional brief glimpses of the directors
harem of mistresses and similar intimate items of his private life. DeMille
is mainly remembered today as the creator of lavish Hollywood epics such as
"Samson and Delilah" (1949) and "The Ten Commandments" (1956), but the
flamboyant biblical spectacles were only a fraction of DeMilles 80 films.
His 1930s films focused on frontier America, and during that same period he
became a familiar voice in American households, reaching 40 million weekly
listeners as the host of the popular Lux Radio Theater. Louvish highlights
the hokum and hype, but he also offers his insightful analyses of the
films, capturing the pictorial beauty and apocalyptic aspects along with
DeMilles working methods and industry innovations. 58 b&w illus. "(Mar. 4)"
Copyright 2007 Reed Business Information. 
 


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