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== =CECIL BLOUNT DEMILLE 1881-1959= [|OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF CBD]



A founder of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, he also won both the Irving Thalberg Award and the Best Picture Oscar in 1953.



Cecil B. DeMille was one of the most successful filmmakers in Hollywood history. Out of the seventy films he claimed as his personal productions, all but six turned a profit, and he remained a leading director of "A" list features from his first film in **1914** to his last in **1956**.



In this period, DeMille also began to expand his business interests. In **1919** he established Mercury Aviation, the first commercial airline service to carry passengers on a regular schedule. He also sat on the board of the Bank of Italy (later Bank of America) and helped establish the bank's relationship with the motion picture industry.

During the late **1910's** and early **1920's**, Cecil turned out a successful and influential series of domestic social comedies. Films like "**OLD WIVES FOR NEW**" **(1918)**, "**DON'T CHANGE YOUR HUSBAND**" **(1919)** and "**WHY CHANGE YOUR WIFE?**" **(1920)** gained great attention by focusing on married life rather than on the usual boy-meets-girl formula, and DeMille was able to satisfy his desire to make spectacles by inserting elaborate historical flashback sequences into several of these films.

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