Thursday, January 29, 2015

Cecil B. DeMille Kept a Wolf and Guns To Defend Against Edison's Thugs

Cecil B. DeMille Kept a Wolf and Guns To Defend Against Edison's Thugs


Why did Southern California become the epicenter of the American film industry? The nice weather certainly helped. But there's another element that modern Hollywood probably hopes you'd forget: Rampant piracy. Even though it was just the piracy of movie camera tech rather than the Jack Sparrow variety, there were plenty of real world bullets being discharged over it. Including bullets being aimed at the legendary director Cecil B. DeMille.


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