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Henry C. DeMille papers

Box 2, Folder 1

The Lost Paradise reviews 1891

Box 2, Folder 2

The Lost Paradise program (Proctor's Theatre, New York City) [1891]

Box 2, Folder 3

Miscellaneous notes and drawing removed from a scrapbook of reviews of the play "Men and Women"

 

Index page of manuscript plays

 

Cecil B. DeMille papers

Box 2, Folder 5

DeMille genealogy

Box 2, Folder 6

Personal property appraisal notebook 1920-12-08

Scope and Contents

Title: "Mr. Cecil B. De Mille, Appraisal of personal property in his study at Famous Players-Lasky Studio, 1520 Vine Street, Hollywood, California."
Box 11

Vermejo Club photograph album circa late 1920s-early 1930s

Box 2, Folder 7

Snapshots of the DeMille ranch (3 photographs) 1955

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Margaret Mullin.
Box 2, Folder 8

Frontier Times Monthly 1926-05

Box 2, Folder 9

Los Angeles Times issue with DeMille wedding anniversary article 1952-08-17 1952-08-17

 

Framed photograph and letter to Robert Stephen from Cecil B. DeMille 1942-04-08

 

Films

 

Stereopticon cards

Box 2, Folder 10

Fool's Paradise stereopticon cards 1921

 

Scripts

Physical Location: The bulk of the scripts are housed in the Cinematic Arts Library curatorial office. Two scripts, "Samson and Delilah" and "The Greatest Show on Earth," are on permanent display in the Cinematic Arts Reading Room.
 

Adam's Rib 1922

 

Affairs of Anatol 1920-1921

 

The Arab 1915

 

The Buccaneer (2 copies) 1937

 

The Call of the North 1914

 

The Captive 1915

 

Carmen 1915

 

The Cheat 1915

 

Chimmie Fadden 1915

 

Chimmie Fadden Out West 1915

 

Cleopatra 1934

 

The Crusades 1935

 

The Devil Stone 1917

 

The Dream Girl 1916

 

Don't Change Your Husband 1918

 

Dynamite 1928

 

Feet of Clay 1924

 

Fool's Paradise 1921

 

For Better for Worse 1919

 

Forbidden Fruit 1920

 

Four Frightened People 1933

 

The Girl of the Golden West 1914

 

The Godless Girl 1928

 

The Golden Bed 1924

 

The Golden Chance 1915

 

The Greatest Show on Earth

 

The Heart of Nora Flynn 1916

 

Joan the Woman 1916

 

Kindling 1915

 

The King of Kings 1926-1927

 

The King of Kings: Letters 1927-1928

Scope and Contents

Typescript copies of correspondence to DeMille with congratulations and positive comments about the film.
 

Land of Liberty (release dialogue script, 2 copies) 1939

 

The Little American 1917

 

Madam Satan 1930

 

Male and Female 1919

 

The Man From Home 1914

 

Manslaughter 1922

 

Maria Rosa 1915

 

North West Mounted Police 1940

 

Old Wives for New 1918

 

The Plainsman 1936

 

Reap the Wild Wind 1941

 

The Road to Yesterday 1925

 

A Romance of the Redwoods 1917

 

Rose of the Rancho 1914

 

Samson and Delilah

 

Saturday Night 1921

 

The Sign of the Cross 1932

 

The Sign of the Cross (prologue) 1944

 

Something to Think About 1920

 

The Squaw Man 1913

 

The Squaw Man 1918

 

The Squaw Man 1931

 

The Story of Dr. Wassell 1943

 

Temptation 1915

 

The Ten Commandments 1923

 

The Ten Commandments 1955

 

The Ten Commandments (Egypt sequences) 1954

 

The Ten Commandments (revised script with Bible quotations) 1956

 

The Ten Commandments (Italian version: I Dieci Comandamenti)

 

The Day and Age 1933

 

Till I Come Back to You 1918

 

The Trial of the Lonesome Pine 1915-1916

 

Triumph 1924

 

The Unafraid 1915

 

Unconquered 1946

 

Union Pacific (shooting script) 1938

 

Union Pacific (signed script) 1938

 

Union Pacific (research bibliography) 1938

 

The Virginian 1914

 

The Volga Boatman 1925-1926

 

The Warrens of Virginia 1914-1915

 

We Can't Have Everything 1918

 

What's His Name 1914

 

The Whispering Chorus 1917-1918

 

Why Change Your Wife 1919

 

Wild Goose Chase 1915

 

The Woman God Forgot 1917

 

Music scores

 

The Greatest Show on Earth (music score) 1951

 

Joan the Woman (music score) 1917

 

North West Mounted Police (music score) 1940

 

Madam Satan (music score) 1930

 

Reap the Wild Wind (music score) 1942

 

The Story of Dr. Wassell (music score) 1944

 

The Ten Commandments (music score) 1956

 

Unconquered (music score) 1947

 

Unconquered (music score) 1947

 

Scrapbooks

 

The Crusades

Box 6

Livre d'Or du film Les Croisades de Cecil B. de Mille, Le Paramount, Paris [1935]

 

Union Pacific

Box 6

World premiere Union Pacific, Omaha, scrapbook 1939

 

The Greatest Show on Earth

Box 9

Italian publicity campaign: photos 1953

Box 9

Italian publicity campaign: press 1953

 

Samson and Delilah handbook

Box 2, Folder 11

Samson and Delilah handbook 1948-10-21

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Joleene Hanks, Spring 1981.
 

Samson and Delilah handbook 1948-10-21

 

The Ten Commandments documents and ephemera

Box 2, Folder 12

Typescript documents

Scope and Contents

Contains: "Suggested address to be delivered prior to special screening of C. B. DeMille's production The Ten Commandments"; "Ten Commandments" [historical context]; "Production notes"; "Facts about Cecil B. DeMille's production of The Ten Commandments"; and "Cecil B. Demille Producer-Director of 'The Ten Commandments.'"
Box 2, Folder 13

Stills (6 photographs) 1956

Box 2, Folder 14

Press clippings 1957

Box 2, Folder 15

"Moses and Egypt: the documentation to the Motion Picture The Ten Commandments" [University of Southern California Press, 1956] by Henry S. Noerdlinger 1956

Box 2, Folder 16

Souvenir booklets

 

Awards

 

Awards to Constance DeMille

Box 7

Castelar Creche board of directors commendation 1943

 

Awards to Cecil B. DeMille

 

Boxed awards

Box 8

American Airlines, Inc., commission as Admiral of the Flagship Fleet 1951

Box 5

American Cancer Society Inc. certificate of merit 1953

Box 5

The American Legion memorial 1951

Box 3

Association of Motion Picture Producers of California appreciation 1931

Box 4

Association of Motion Picture Producers resolution of tribute

Box 3

Australia: thanks for help in victory loan

Box 4

Baylor University honor doctor of laws degree 1957

Box 1

Box Office Blue Ribbon Award: The Best Picture of the Month (for The Story of Dr. Wassell) 1944-07

Box 1

Box Office Blue Ribbon Award: The Best Picture of the Month (for North West Mounted Police)

Box 5

Brazilian Association of Movie Critics commendation 1954

Box 8

California Legislature Assembly Concurrent Resolution 1959

Box 3

Cambridge Springs, Penn., award 1947

Box 3

Christian Herald picture of the month award (for Samson and Delilah) 1949-12

Box 4

Christian Herald reader's award 1957 Picture of the Year (for the Ten Commandments) 1957

Box 8

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Inglewood Stake scroll of honor 1949

Box 8

City of Los Angeles resolution on DeMille's 75th birthday 1956

Box 5

City of Tyler (Texas) Mayor for the Day 1953

Box 4

Civil Air Patrol 1955

Box 8

Il Consorzio della Stampa Cinematografica award (for The Ten Commandments) 1957/58

Box 8

County of Los Angeles Board of Supervisors birthday tribute 1955

Box 3

Dale Carnegie Club International human relations award 1956

Box 3

Daughters of the American Revolution best picture of 1952 (for The Greatest Show on Earth) 1952

Box 4

Department of the Air Force exception service award 1955

Box 5

Eighth Washington Pilgrimage of the Religious Heritage of America, Inc., lay churchman of the year award 1958

Box 5

Exhibitor Laurel Award: leading producer-director 1948

Box 4

Exhibitor Laurel Award: number one topliner producer-director 1949

Box 4

Exhibitor Laurel Award: topliner producer-director 1950/51

Box 4

Exhibitor Laurel Award: best producer-director 1952

Box 4

Exhibitor Laurel Award: number one producer-director 1954

Box 4

Exhibitor Laurel Award: best producer-director 1955

Box 4

Exhibitor Laurel Award: best producer-director 1957

Box 1

Fame Achievement Award (for The Ten Commandments) 1958

Box 4

Federation of Motion Picture Councils Inc. award of exceptional merit (for The Ten Commandments)

Box 8

The Film Daily: Ten Best Pictures of 1956 (for The Ten Commandments) 1956

Box 4

Foreign Press Association of Hollywood tribute 1952

Box 7

Freedom Trail Explorers citation of public service presented to Cecil B. DeMille for his contribution to the schoolchildren of the nation on the moral lesson of freedom found in his production of The Ten Commandments 1957

Box 5

Freedoms Foundation certificate of merit 1949

Box 10

Honor from attendees of the University of Colorado, College of Journalism Newspaper week 1942

Box 5

The Independent Exhibitorating Award: top money producer-director 1951/52

Box 7

Independent Theatre Owners Association citation (for The Greatest Show on Earth) 1953

Box 8

Iowa State College Veishea award 1952

Box 1

Maryland State Council American Jewish Congress: Stephen S. Wise Medallion (for The Ten Commandments) 1957

Box 3

Motion Picture Appreciation Association, Kansas City, Missouri, pictures of the century award (for The Ten Commandments) 1961

Box 10

Motion Picture Pioneers: Pioneer of the Year 1949

Box 7

Mount Sinai Hospital and Clinic plaque of appreciation 1956

Box 5

National Right to Work Committee commendation 1975

Box 8

National School Boards Association certificate of appreciation 1957

Box 10

Pennsylvania Military College honorary doctor of letters degree 1931

Box 3

Photoplay Magazine achievement award (for The Greatest Show on Earth) 1952

Box 3

Rotary Club of Los Angeles speaker of the day 1958

Box 3

Seventeen picture of the month (for The Greatest Show on Earth) 1952-03

Box 7

Southern California Motion Picture Council award (for The Greatest Show on Earth) 1952

Box 5

Southern California Motion Picture Council Inc. certificate of award (for The Greatest Show on Earth) 1952

Box 8

Tau Sigma Delta, Kappa Chapter, recognition scroll 1952

Box 3

United Cerebral Palsy distinguished service award 1951

Box 5

United States Navy certificate for the Seaward, which served in World War II 1947

Box 8

War Agencies of the Government of the United States plaque for World War II service

 

Displayed awards

Physical Location: These awards are on permanent display in the Cinematic Arts Library reading room.
 

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences certification of nomination for award (for special effects, Samson and Delilah) 1950

 

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences certificate of nomination for award (for The Greatest Show on Earth) 1952

 

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences certificate of nomination for award (for The Ten Commandments) 1956

 

American Association for Jewish Education 1958

 

American Institute of Cinematography honorary membership

 

American Weekly annual motion picture poll (for The Greatest Show on Earth) 1952

 

Box Office Blue Ribbon Award: The Best Picture of the Month (for The Greatest Show on Earth)

 

Broadcast Pioneers special citation

 

California State Society The Daughters of the American Colonists award of merit

 

Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America business member certificate 1956

 

Christian Herald picture of the month (for The Greatest Show on Earth) 1952-02

 

Christopher Award 1957

 

Exhibitor Laurel Award selection for best picture (for Samson and Delilah) 1949-11

 

Gavel award

 

Grand Lodge Distinguished American

 

Hollywood Chamber of Commerce 1942

 

Hollywood Foreign Correspondents Association Cecil B. DeMille award 1952

 

IV Semana Internacional de Cine Religioso Valladolid (for The Ten Commandments) 1959-04

 

Los Angeles Herald Examiner award (for The Ten Commandments)

 

National Women's League Pacific Southwest Branch Torah Branch 1956

 

The Parents Magazine Medal

 

Photoplay Magazine certificate (for The Ten Commandments) 1956

 

The Salvation Army Association of New York citation of merit 1957-12-17

 

The Salvation Army Award 1957-06-12

 

50 years of service award presented by Hedy Lamarr 1952