California's Golden Beginning

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California's Golden Beginning
Directed by Cecil B. DeMille
Herbert Coleman
Written byJack Roberts
Produced byGrant Leenhouts
Starring John Eldredge
Louis Jean Heydt
Edited byFrank Brock
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
  • 1948 (1948)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

California's Golden Beginning is a 1948 short film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. It was preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2010. [1]

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References

  1. "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.