Leonard Merrick
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Leonard Merrick was an English novelist. Although less familiar in recent times, he was widely admired by his peers; J. M. Barrie called Merrick the "novelist's novelist."
Leonard Merrick (1911)
William C. deMille
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William Churchill deMille, also spelled de Mille or De Mille, was an American screenwriter and film director from the silent film era through the early 1930s. He was also a noted playwright prior to m
Leonard Merrick
…this. At least eleven of Merrick's stories have been adapted to screen, most in the 1920s, including Conrad in Quest of His Youth (1920) directed by William C. deMille. Later adaptions include a 1931 film The Magnificent Lie based on the story "Laurels and the Lady", and a 1952 TV episode called "Masquerade" for Lux…
De Mille c. 1904
De Mille directing a scene using a "Magna Vox" voice amplification device
Tombs of Cecil Blount DeMille (right), Constance DeMille (left), William DeMille (urn in front), Clara DeMille (stone below urn in front)