Cleopatra (1934 film)

This article is about the film starring Claudette Colbert. For the film starring Elizabeth Taylor, see Cleopatra (1963 film).
Cleopatra
Directed byCecil B. DeMille
Written byWaldemar Young
Vincent Lawrence
Bartlett Cormack (adaptation: historical material)
Produced byCecil B. DeMille
StarringClaudette Colbert
Warren William
Henry Wilcoxon
CinematographyVictor Milner
Edited byAnne Bauchens (uncredited)
Music byRudolph G. Kopp
Milan Roder (uncredited)
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release dates
  • August 16, 1934 (1934-08-16) (New York City, premiere[1])
  • October 5, 1934 (1934-10-05) (US)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$842,908[2]
Box office$1,929,161[2]

Cleopatra is a 1934 American epic film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and distributed by Paramount Pictures. A retelling of the story of Cleopatra VII of Egypt, the screenplay was written by Waldemar Young and Vincent Lawrence and was based on Bartlett Cormack's adaptation of historical material.[2] Claudette Colbert stars as Cleopatra, Warren William as Julius Caesar, and Henry Wilcoxon as Mark Antony.

Cleopatra received five Academy Award nominations. It was the first DeMille film to receive a nomination for Best Picture.[3] Victor Milner won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography.[4]

  1. ^ "Calendar of Current Releases". Variety. New York. August 28, 1934. p. 23. Retrieved June 6, 2018.
  2. ^ a b c Birchard 2004, p. 275.
  3. ^ Orrison, Katherine (1999). Written in Stone: Making Cecil B. DeMille's Epic The Ten Commandments. Vestal Press. p. 3. ISBN 9781461734819.
  4. ^ "The 7th Academy Awards (1935)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved October 19, 2018.