{"product_id":"9780762455379","title":"Cecil B. DeMille: The Art of the Hollywood Epic","description":"\u003cp\u003eColossal. Stupendous. Epic. These adjectives, used by movie companies to hawk their wares, became clichés long ago. When used to describe the films of one director, they are accurate. More than any filmmaker in the history of the medium, Cecil B. DeMille mastered the art of the spectacle. In the process, he became a filmland founder. One hundred years ago, he made the first feature film ever shot in Hollywood and went on to become the most commercially successful producer-director in history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeMille told his cinematic tales with painterly, extravagant images. The parting of the Red Sea in \u003ci\u003eThe Ten Commandments\u003c\/i\u003e was only one of these. There were train wrecks (\u003ci\u003eThe Greatest Show on Earth\u003c\/i\u003e); orgies (\u003ci\u003eManslaughter\u003c\/i\u003e); battles (\u003ci\u003eThe Buccaneer\u003c\/i\u003e); Ancient Rome (\u003ci\u003eThe Sign of the Cross\u003c\/i\u003e); Ancient Egypt (\u003ci\u003eCleopatra\u003c\/i\u003e); and the Holy Land (\u003ci\u003eThe Crusades\u003c\/i\u003e). The best of these images are showcased here, in \u003ci\u003eCecil B. DeMille: The Art of the Hollywood Epic\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis lavish volume opens the King Tut's tomb of cinematic treasures that is the Cecil B. DeMille Archives, presenting storyboard art, concept paintings, and an array of photographic imagery. Historian Mark A. Vieira writes an illuminating text to accompany these scenes. Cecilia de Mille Presley relates her grandfather's thoughts on his various films, and recalls her visits to his sets, including the Egyptian expedition to film The Ten Commandments.\u003cbr\u003eLike the director's works, \u003ci\u003eCecil B. DeMille: The Art of the Hollywood Epic\u003c\/i\u003e is a panorama of magnificence—celebrating a legendary filmmaker and the remarkable history of Hollywood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Running Press Book Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47121993269488,"sku":"9780762455379","price":36.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780762455379_p0.jpg?v=1769904561","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780762455379","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}