Template:Did you know nominations/Cecil B. DeMille

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 21:17, 11 January 2020 (UTC)

Cecil B. DeMille

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• ... that Cecil B. DeMille filmed the 1956 parting of the Red Sea scene in The Ten Commandments by pouring water into a tank and playing it backward? Source:Townsend, Allie. "A Brief History of Movie Special Effects". Time. Time, Inc. Retrieved July 2, 2019.Shales, Tom (April 5, 2004). "New Testament to Genius: Turner's "Cecil B. DeMille"". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
  • ALT1:... that Cecil B. DeMille's 1956 parting of the Red Sea scene in The Ten Commandments was one of the most expensive special effects in film history? Source:Townsend, Allie. "A Brief History of Movie Special Effects". Time. Time, Inc. Retrieved July 2, 2019.Shales, Tom (April 5, 2004). "New Testament to Genius: Turner's "Cecil B. DeMille"". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
  • ALT2:... that while filming The Ten Commandments in Egypt, director Cecil B. DeMille suffered a heart attack? Source: Birchard, Robert. Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood, pp. 357-358; Eyman, Scott. Empire of Dreams: The Epic Life of Cecil B. DeMille, pp. 452-453
  • ALT3:... that director Cecil B. DeMille was known for his autocratic behavior on set like singling out and berating extras? Source: Presley, Cecilia DeMille, Vieira, Mark. Cecil B. DeMille: The Art of Hollywood Epic, pp. 259.

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Improved to Good Article status by Skyes(BYU) (talk). Self-nominated at 22:17, 17 December 2019 (UTC).

• This article is a newly promoted GA and is long enough and nominated in time. The hook facts are cited inline and I like ALT0 and ALT1 best. The article is neutral and I detected no copyright issues. A QPQ has been done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:27, 24 December 2019 (UTC)