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A Cecil B. DeMille archive of photographs
10 December 2019, 14:00 PST
Los AngelesSold for US$1,785 inc. premium
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A Cecil B. DeMille archive of photographs
Comprising 66 silver gelatin photographs featuring DeMille in action directing some of his most famous films including The Wild Goose Chase (1915), The Sign of the Cross (1932), Cleopatra (1934), The Crusades (1935), The Plainsman (1936), Union Pacific (1939), Samson and Delilah (1949), The Greatest Show on Earth (1952), The Ten Commandments (1956), and many more. The photos depict DeMille in his usual garb of jodhpurs and megaphone on the set and holding court with stars such as Claudette Colbert, Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, Barbara Stanwyck, Hedy Lamarr, Victor Mature, Charlton Heston, Henry Wilcoxon, Loretta Young, Gloria Swanson, William Holden, Jimmy Stewart, Betty Hutton, Paulette Goddard, and more. Several studio portraits of DeMille and candids at his home are featured, taken by such renowned photographers as Hurrell, Hartsook, Melbourne Spurr, Witzel, and Ruth Harriet Louise.
Provenance: the Everett Collection.
8 x 10 in. and 7 x 9 in.
Provenance: the Everett Collection.
8 x 10 in. and 7 x 9 in.


















