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The Lost World of DeMille: (Hollywood Legends Series)

The Lost World of DeMille: (Hollywood Legends Series)


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As only an accomplished author, consummate collector, and savvy insider can, John Kobal tells the story of the man who invented Hollywood, Cecil Blount DeMille. Kobal narrates the story of DeMille’s life and follows the director’s career from his first film, The Squaw Man, in 1914, through the seventy films he directed culminating with The Ten Commandments in 1956 before his death in 1959. Even that first film received an enthusiastic response from the public, and that popular enthusiasm would follow DeMille throughout his career.

DeMille got his start by observing a film being shot—once standing for hours on a box looking through a window, watching every move made by the director, players, and cameraman. From that humble beginning, he soon mastered the craft of directing and created one of show business’s greatest careers. Autocrat and artist, DeMille immersed himself totally in each picture he directed and demanded complete fealty from his casts and crews. DeMille was said to know more about what the American public wanted than anyone else in Hollywood. He pushed the boundaries of censorship, and Audiences responded by forming long lines at the box office. From the American West to ancient Egypt, he created such magical films as The Crusades and The Greatest Show on Earth that brought vividly to life fantasies perfectly suited to post–World War I and mid-century America.

Kobal describes DeMille’s impact on Hollywood as a director and showman. He argues that this master filmmaker stands for something largely lost in American filmmaking, a sort of naïve, generous, big-thinking self-confidence—a belief that all things are possible.

John Kobal wrote over thirty books on film and photography. His final manuscript, The Lost World of DeMille, was completed shortly before his death in 1991. It is published at last by University Press of Mississippi.



About the Author :
John Kobal (1940–1991) was a preeminent film historian and collector of Hollywood photography. He is credited with rediscovering the work of the great Hollywood studio photographers. In 1990 he formed the John Kobal Foundation as a charity to which he donated the fine art photographs and original negatives that he had collected over the years, and which continues to support the work of contemporary photographers.

Review :
John Kobal was a notable figure in motion picture history and a true Hollywood insider, so it makes sense that his final book is an account of one of the ultimate Hollywood insiders, film pioneer Cecil B. DeMille and his kingdom. The Lost World of DeMille is written in a fluent and persuasive style, as one would expect of an experienced author as knowledgeable about the subject as Kobal. With compelling personal interviews from stars and numerous behind-the-camera craftspeople, Kobal does an excellent job of presenting DeMille's epic films, along with his role in the advancement of the craft. This book is a cause for celebration.--Marion Meade is a biographer whose subjects include Nathanael West, Buster Keaton, Dorothy Parker, and Woody Allen. The history of The Lost World of DeMille is itself something of an epic. . . . There have been other DeMille books published in the time since Kobal's death, but this one has a personal touch, not least because of its characterful prose.--Pamela Hutchinson "Sight & Sound"


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781496825230
  • Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
  • Publisher Imprint: University Press of Mississippi
  • Height: 259 mm
  • No of Pages: 448
  • Series Title: Hollywood Legends Series
  • Weight: 1318 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1496825233
  • Publisher Date: 30 Oct 2019
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 30 mm
  • Width: 177 mm


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