Tag: Cecil B. DeMille

March 12, 2013 / Vickie Lester

THE FIRST TIME EDITH HEAD WORKED FOR CECIL B. – EDIBLE DRESSES

Edith Head worked on some 780 films either assisting or designing. I believe this silent film was one of the first – the ladies are part of some decadent jazz age tale and their dresses are bedecked with marshmallows! “The Golden Bed” (1925) This is in reply to: Bohemian rhapsody……

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March 12, 2013 / Vickie Lester

ON SET WITH CECIL B. DEMILLE

“You are here to please me. Nothing else on Earth matters.” Attributed to Cecil B. while addressing a movie crew.

January 17, 2013 / Vickie Lester

FILM PIONEERS

Once upon a time I had a friend whose great-granny invested in little Tommy Edison’s electric company… That’s neither here nor there, but, in his time Edison’s became a multifaceted company and he ran an East Coast syndicate that extracted fees from filmmakers – the very thing that made Cecil…

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January 13, 2013 / Vickie Lester

SELZNICK HOME AND OFFICE

The building was first owned by Ince, then Cecil B., then Selznick, then Desilu… Selznick must have liked the Colonial architectural style. Although, with those arches the home is more Regency or Georgian… David O. Selznick posing in his office in 1947 – at the time he was still married…

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