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Show Cecil B. DeMille Will Give Com. Address At BYU . . . Cecil B. DeMille, creator of the worlds greatest motion picture classics, the latest of which is T'he Ten Commandments," will deliver the commencement address at BYU May 31 in George Albert Smith Fieldhouse, it was announced today by President Ernest L Wilkinson. The engagement to speak at the Church university, was arranged y President David O. McKay of the LDS Church, who is a personal friend of the great producer. Over the years, Mr. DeMille also has known President Heber J Grant and President George Albert Smith. f Last summer he invited President Presi-dent McKay to visit the set where "The Ten Commandments" was being filmed He gave President McKay a warm introduction and the large cast applauded the churchman. Also, President McKay personally personal-ly conducted Mr. DeMille and his staff through the Los Angeles Temple prior to its dedication and (Continued on Page 2) DeMille (Continued from Page 1) Mr DeMille expressed his deep admiration for the edifice .and for the Mormon people. Durjng the production of "The Ten Commandments' Mr. DeMille had intimate contact with the Church through the friendship of Arnold Friberg, Utah artist, who served as adviser and artist for the film Mr. DeMille has been a giant in the motion picture industry since 1913 when he was director general gen-eral 'for "The Squaw Man," first feature length film ever produced in Hollywood. He was associated with Jesse L Lasky and Samuel Goldwyn in the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company, which was formed to produce-the film. Mr DeMille takes no profit from "King of Kings" or from the "Ten Commandments' but has assigned all the money to a trust find for religious, charitable and educational educa-tional purposes. The great religious films of the motion"'picturegenius are indicative indica-tive of the basic religious nature and strong moral convictions of the man. In films and in real life Mr DeMille has advocated and practiced his philosophies of strong moral conviction and waged a one-man one-man battle for truth and freedom, lie gave up a $2)000-a-week position posi-tion directing the Lux Radio Theater because he would not pay the unions the $1 political assessment assess-ment which he believed to be a limitation upon his freedom of thought and action. In this regard the national columnist George Sokolsky recently re-cently described "The Ten Commandments" Com-mandments" as more than a motion mo-tion picture with great stars and amazing photography, "Principally "Principal-ly this is a work dedicated to the cause of human freedom," he said. |