Cecil Blount DeMille was an American filmmaker and actor who made 70 feature films, spanning both the silent and sound eras, between 1914 and 1958. Widely regarded as a founding figure of American cinema, he was also one of the most commercially successful producer-directors in film history, with several of his films simultaneously dominating the box office.

See a behind-the-scenes photograph of Karsh with DeMille and Charlton Heston on the Ten Commandments set.

DeMille was born on this day, August 12, in 1881 (d. 1959).