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WILLIAM DE MILLE
William dc Milk in his home overlooking Hollywood Mille is a student of art, music and literature.
NE of the notable film directors of today who does not agree that life is a>, hectic as some people believe, is5 William de Mille, whose subtle effects mark much of his work, as against the broader action so frequently injected into modern productions.
He maintains that some of the greatest tragedies of human experience are quietly enacted. Therefore he leans to plots which are the result of character, and that are motivated from the inside outwardly, rather than the reverse.
Mr. de Mille came to filmland from long experience as writer of stage successes, backed by intensive educational training for his future career.
Mr. de Mille, who is a brother of Cecil de Mille, was born on July 25, 1878, at Washington, N. C, and began his career as a dramatist. After obtaining the degree of bachelor of arts at Columbia University, taking a course at the Academy of Dramatic Arts, and studying for two years in Germany, he took a
two-year post-graduate course under Brander Mathews in dramatic literature at Columbia University. His first big stage success was "St ro ngheart," produced in New York in December, 1904. Then, in collaboration with Margaret Turn bull he wrote "The Warrens of Virginia," which was staged by Belasco. He then wrote "The Woman," also staged by Belasco.
In 1914 he undertook the task of organizing the scenario department of what is now Famous PlayersLasky Corporation producing Paramount pictures, and has been with that organization since. Finding that the only way in which he could carry out his ideas completely in motion pictures was to produce them himself, he became a director. Mr. de Mille's most recent production is "Grumpy."
Mr. de Mille is married. His wife was a daughter of the late Henry George, who died while candidate for the office of Mayor of New York. There are two daughters in the household.
The author-director has also contracted the outdoor spirit. He is an ardent tennis player.
The home of William de Mille and family.
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