Who's who on the screen (1920)

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Record Details:

Title:
Who's who on the screen
Date:
1920
Author:
Fox, Charles Donald
Publisher:
New York City, Ross publishing co
Volume:
Who's who on the screen
Leaf #:
000351
Language:
English
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Cornell University Library
Sponsor:
MSN
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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Who's Who on the Screen CECIL B. DE MILLE Cecil Blount DeMille, Director General of the Famous Players-Lasky Corpo- ration, was born August 12th, 1881. He acquired his first knowledge of the stage playing child parts in his father's company. His interest in the drama increased with each year and when but eighteen years old, in collaboration with his brother, he wrote his first play. Graduating as an actor, Mr. DeMille became - producing manager. With the start of the motion picture industry, Cecil B. DeMille, first looking askance at the new amusement, finally became a leader in the field. He started his first film- play production in 1913 and his name must be recorded among the creators of the art of the photodrama. Prominent among his screen successes are "Male and Female," "Why Change Your Wife," and "Something to Think About." 342