ADG Perspective

March-April 2019

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1 1 2 P E R S P E C T I V E | M A R C H / A P R I L 2 0 1 9 RESHOOTS B Y N I K K I R U D L O F F, A S S O C I A T E E D I T O R Illustration by Boris Leven of the drinking scene from the 1934 film Cleopatra. Hans Dreier and Roland Anderson, Art Directors. The drawing is graphite on illustration board. 15 x 20 inches. To the left is a still from the film with Claudette Colbert as Cleopatra. The Cecil B. DeMille epic film is memorable for the art deco look of it sets. This film was shot in around six weeks at a cost of $842,000, and was the second most popular movie at the US box office for 1934. It was nominated for four Oscars, including Best Picture, and won for Cinematography. DeMille also hired William Cameron Menzies for work on the montage sequences. C O U RT E S Y O F T H E M A R G A R E T H E R R I C K L I B R A RY, A . M . P. A . S.

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