One Man’s Quest to Find Hollywood History in the Sand

One Man’s Quest to Find Hollywood History in the Sand

Constant Wonder - Season 2022, Episode 997 , Segment 1

DeMille's Lost City

Episode: DeMille's Lost City

  • May 11, 2021 6:00 pm
  • 31:42 mins

Cecil B. DeMille was one of Hollywood’s pioneers—perhaps best known today for his 1956 film "The Ten Commandments." But DeMille had already filmed another Ten Commandments, 30 years earlier, in the dunes of Guadalupe, California. The epic set used for the film was buried in the sand after production. Filmmaker Peter Brosnan heard about the set, and set about documenting his 30-year journey to uncover Demille’s lost city and he explains why DeMille would bury it in the first place.