The Bible in film in Genesis was the 1904 French film "Joseph Vendu Par Ses Frères" ("Joseph Sold by his Brothers"). Enrico Guazzoni's 1913 Italian epic "Quo Vadis?" is often considered the first successful feature-length motion picture and one of the first films with over two hours running time. Cecil B. DeMille specialized in extravagant epics throughout a career that spanned both the silent and sound eras. His 1923 silent version of "The Ten Commandments" (1923) included spectacular special effects for the parting of the Red Sea. De Mille followed "The Ten Commandments" in 1927 with "King of Kings", a lavish, reverential life of
Agnes de Mille the American Silent Film" (1980) primarily discussing the work of her uncle Cecil B. DeMille. DeMille's 1951 memoir, "Dance to the Piper", was translated into five languages. It was reissued in 2015 by "New York Review Books". De Mille was a lifelong friend of modern dance legend Martha Graham. De Mille, in 1992, published "Martha: The Life and Work of Martha Graham", a biography of Graham that de Mille worked on for more than thirty years. After suffering from a near-fatal stroke, she went on to write five books: "Reprieve" (which outlined the experience), "Who Was Henry George?", "Where the