Merton's Correspondence with:

Cecil B. DeMille, Cecil Blount DeMille, Cecil deMille, Cecil B. de Mille, Cecil de Mille

DeMille, Cecil B. (Cecil Blount), 1881-1959

Descriptive Summary

Record Group:	Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials:	1949, 1956
Volume:	3 item(s); 3 pg(s)

Rev. Maurice O'Connor had asked Cecil DeMille about the possiblity of making The Seven Storey Mountain into a motion picture. The file includes DeMille's reponse and another letter thanking Gethsemani Abbey's abbot, Dom James Fox, for the monastic community's prayers for the film, The Ten Commandments.

Biography

Cecil B. DeMille was a filmmaker best known for his biblical epic, The Ten Commandments.

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#	Date	From/To	First Lines	Pub ✓	Notes
	y/m/d	Merton		Scan ✉
1.	1949/02/14 (#01)	transcript from DeMille, Cecil B. / to Maurice O'Connor	Thank you for your letter of January 26th which I have delayed answering only because I wanted		[see "Fox, James" Series 24 for original letter from DeMille to Fr. Maurice O'Connor, Church of Saint Margaret Mary, Duluth, MN] reason why he does not feel there would be "wide popular appeal" for a movie made of The Seven Storey Mountain / O'Connor's comparison of people in modern society to Samson - DeMille's upcoming Samson and Delilah «detailed view»
2.	1949/02/14? (#02)	TLS	Thank you for your letter of January 26th which I have delayed answering only because I wanted		[see "Fox, James" Series 24 for original letter from a Br. or Fr. Brendan of Gethsemani Abbey to Dom James Fox - attached to letter from Fr. Maurice O'Connor] movie right to The Seven Storey Mountain / the film The Lost Weekend and films written or directed by Preston Sturges «detailed view»
3.	undated/no/no	TLS[x] to Fox, James	Father Francois de Sales has kindly informed me of your remarks to your community, asking their		[see "Fox, James" Series 26 for original letter] thanks for prayers offered for the production of DeMille's film, The Ten Commandments / DeMille's desire to visit Gethsemani Abbey in the future «detailed view»

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