Cecil B. DeMille

Cecil B. DeMille

The Olive Branch 1948 The Ponca City News out of Ponca, Oklahoma, shared a story about the famous director Cecil B. DeMille.  I’ll paraphrase it for you: During the filming of Samson and Delilah, Demille wanted to film a scene under an olive tree. He quickly called for the film’s nurseryman and instructed him: Hang another…

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