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23 September 2011

Backward-leaning Bolsheviks, er…Bolshoi men

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arts·meme, ever protective of American dancers, has undertaken a preliminary investigation that gives rise to concern for David Hallberg’s very body posture. The danseur noble’s bold career move may literally be a step backward! [...]

10 September 2011

The Agnes & Cecil Show

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Scott Eyman’s accounting, in “Empire of Dreams,” of the dissolution of the relationship between Cecil. B. DeMille and his niece, dancer/choreographer Agnes De Mille. [...]

8 September 2011

C.B. directs “Cleopatra” (1934)

Docu shows the methodology of the indomitable Cecil B. DeMille, the domineering director of “Cleopatra” in 1934. [...]

8 September 2011

Eyman hits a bull’s eye; his “Empire of Dreams” wins prestigious theater book award

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Scott Eyman recognized for scholarship in his Cecil B. DeMille biography, “Empire of Dreams,” wins Theater Library Association’s “Richard Wall Memorial Award.” [...]

22 August 2011

Diaper changed, he’s ready for his close-up Mr. DeMille

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Foraging around the internet for information on Cecil B. DeMille’s great one, I was delighted to learn about Fraser Heston, who at the tender age of three months made his film debut playing Baby Moses in “The Ten Commandments.” [...]

16 November 2010

A heady evening with Hedy Lamarr

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A fun talk at Larry Edmund’s Bookshop on Hollywood Boulevard celebrated the publishing of “Beautiful,” Stephen Shearer’s new Hedy Lamarr biography. The Austria-born actress was among the many German-speaking Jews who made their way to California in the 1930s. [...]

20 October 2010

Bob Hope roasts C.B DeMille in 1953

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Bob Hope could be very funny. artsmeme shares a roster of gags he told about C. B. DeMille from “Great American” Dinner November 30, 1953. [...]

28 September 2010

C.B.’s captivating “Cleopatra”

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We just loved Cecil B. DeMille’s Cleopatra (Paramount, 1934), and we loved it even more projected onto the Egyptian Theater’s humongous screen. Scott Eyman, author of the new DeMille biography, “Empire of Dreams,” was on hand to discuss the film with critic Leonard Maltin. [...]

31 August 2010

Cleopatra reclaims the Egyptian Theater

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On September 22, following a screening of DeMille’s naughty Claudette Colbert vehicle, “Cleopatra,” (1934), Leonard Maltin will ‘view author Scott Eyman about his new biography, “Emperor of Dreams: The Epic Life of Cecil B. DeMille.” [...]

18 March 2010

Denishawn’s last living dancer leaves us

The last living member of the pioneering modern dance troupe, Denishawn, Jane Sherman, died yesterday at age 101. [...]