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  2. Sunset Boulevard (film) - Wikipedia

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    Max pretends to "direct" her, and the police play along. As the cameras roll, Norma descends the grand staircase for what she thinks is a close-up for DeMille. She stops and makes an impromptu speech about how happy she is to be making a film again, then walks towards the camera, before she gets arrested by the authorities.

  3. Cecil B. DeMille - Wikipedia

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    DeMille was born in Ashfield, Massachusetts, and grew up in New York City. He began his career as a stage actor in 1900. He later moved to writing and directing stage productions, some with Jesse L. Lasky, who was then a vaudeville producer. DeMille's first film, The Squaw Man (1914), was also the first full-length feature film shot in ...

  4. List of film misquotes - Wikipedia

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    I'm ready for my close-up, Mr. DeMille. [4] All right, Mr. DeMille. I'm ready for my close-up. Norma Desmond Gloria Swanson: Sunset Boulevard: 1950 Fasten your seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy ride. [3] Fasten your seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy night. Margo Channing Bette Davis: All About Eve: 1950 Mrs. Robinson, are you trying to ...

  5. Viola Davis Recalls Her Journey to Acting in Powerful Cecil B ...

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    "Presenting her with the 2025 Cecil B. DeMille Award is not only an honor but a reflection of our admiration for her relentless dedication to her craft and her monumental impact on the industry.

  6. AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes - Wikipedia

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    "All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up." Norma Desmond Gloria Swanson: Sunset Boulevard: 1950 14 "The stuff that dreams are made of." [f] Sam Spade: Humphrey Bogart: The Maltese Falcon: 1941 20 "Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship." Rick Blaine Humphrey Bogart Casablanca: 1942 23 "There's no place like home."

  7. Nelson DeMille, Bestselling Author of “Plum Island ”and “The ...

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    Bestselling author Nelson DeMille has died. The writer died on Sept. 17 from esophageal cancer, his family confirmed to CBS News and theNew York Post. "Nelson fought a valiant nine-month battle ...

  8. Glenn Close reveals her best onscreen kiss: 'I only got to ...

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    Related: Glenn Close reacts to J.D. Vance's evolution since meeting him on Hillbilly Elegy set: 'I don't know what happened' For her third and final question of the WWHL game "Plead the Fifth ...

  9. Close-up - Wikipedia

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    Leading characters will have multiple close-ups. At the close of Sunset Boulevard (1950), the main character, a faded star under the delusion that she is making a triumphant return to acting, declaims melodramatically, "All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up." Close-up shots do not show the subject in the broad context of its ...