Definitions
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- noun United States film maker remembered for his extravagant and spectacular epic productions (1881-1959)
- noun United States dancer and choreographer who introduced formal dance to a wide audience (1905-1993)
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Examples
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De Mille, and Alice Guy Blache immediately spring to mind, right?
Gerit Quealy: The Director's Guild of America Honors Alice Guy-Blaché Gerit Quealy 2011
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De Mille and MGM head Louis B. Mayer, whose basic idea it was.
It's Their Party Scott Eyman 2011
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De Mille made a silent version in 1915; Francesco Rossi made a full-blown cinematic version in 1984.
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De Mille's silent film of "Carmen" - or they played opera singers, whether affable (the teddy-bear Danish tenor Lauritz Melchior) or regal (Wilhelmenia Fernandez in Jean-Jacques Beineix's 1981 film "Diva").
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The ghost is Alice Guy-Blaché -- on par with Griffith, De Mille, and the like as a pioneer of the nascent film industry.
Gerit Quealy: The Director's Guild of America Honors Alice Guy-Blaché Gerit Quealy 2011
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De Mille cinematic extravaganza starring the president in every scene.
Bruce Fein: Ten Congressional Commandments Bruce Fein 2010
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* As will be clear in these pages, there are variations on the spelling of the family name—deMille, de Mille, DeMille, De Mille, etc.
Empire of Dreams Scott Eyman 2010
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De Mille cinematic extravaganza starring the president in every scene.
Bruce Fein: Ten Congressional Commandments Bruce Fein 2010
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De Mille cinematic extravaganza starring the president in every scene.
Bruce Fein: Ten Congressional Commandments Bruce Fein 2010
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De Mille cinematic extravaganza starring the president in every scene.
Bruce Fein: Ten Congressional Commandments Bruce Fein 2010
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