The Cecil B. DeMille classics collection
(DVD)

Carmen based on the same novel that inspired Bizet's opera.

The squaw man originally released as a motion picture in 1914 ; The Virginian originally released as a motion picture in 1914 ; Carmen originally released as a motion picture in 1915 ; The cheat originally released as a motion picture in 1915 ; Joan the woman originally released as a motion picture in 1916 ; The romance of the redwoods originally released as a motion picture in 1917 ; The little American originally released as a motion picture in 1917 ; Old wives for new originally released as a motion picture in 1918 ; The whispering chorus originally released as a motion picture in 1918 ; Don't change your husband originally released as a motion picture in 1918 ; Male and female originally released as a motion picture in 1919 ; Why change your wife? originally released as a motion picture in 1920 ; The affairs of Anatol originally released as a motion picture in 1921 ; Manslaughter originally released as a motion picture in 1922 ; The road to yesterday originally released as a motion picture in 1925 ; The Volga boatman originally released as a motion picture in 1926.

Special features: Disc 5: "Miss Lulu Bett" (1921): Cecil B. DeMille's brother, William, directed this drama based on the Pulitzer-Prize-winning play about a young woman (Lois Wilson) who discovers that she's married to a man (Clarence Burton) who is already married (71 min.); DeMille newsreels; interviews with Charlton Heston, John Hart, A.C. Lyles, DeMille's secretary.

The squaw man: Dustin Farnum, Princess Red Wing, Cecil B. DeMille ; The Virginian: Dustin Farnum, Billy Elmer, Winifred Kingston ; Carmen: Geraldine Farrar, Pedro de Cordoba, Wallace Reid ; The cheat: Fanny Ward, Sessue Hayakawa ; Joan the woman: Wallace Reid, Geraldine Farrar ; The romance of the redwoods: Mary Pickford, Elliott Dexter ; The little American: Mary Pickford, Jack Holt, Raymond Hatton ; Old wives for new: Elliott Dexter, Sylvia Ashton, Florence Vidor ; The whispering chorus: Raymond Hatton, Noah Beery, Sr. ; Don't change your husband: Gloria Swanson, Elliott Dexter, Lew Cody ; Male and female: Gloria Swanson, Thomas Meighan ; Why change your wife?: Gloria Swanson, Thomas Meighan, Bebe Daniels ; The affairs of Anatol: Wallace Reid, Bebe Daniels ; Manslaughter: Leatrice Joy, Jack Mower, Thomas Meighan ; The road to yesterday: Jetta Goudal, Joseph Schildkraut, William Boyd ; The Volga boatman: Elinor Fair, Victor Varconi, William Boyd.

Sixteen early feature films directed by Cecil B. DeMille, from the era of silent films into the new art form of sound and color.

DVD; Dolby Digital mono., NTSC.

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