Faatumu le fuaiupu lenei: Na ia mauaina lana uluaʻi filifilia mo le Academy Award mo le Faatonu Sili mo lana tala faamusika "The Greatest Show on Earth" (1952), lea na manumalo uma ai i le
Academy Award mo le ata sili ona lelei ma le Golden Globe Award mo le ata sili ona lelei <unk> Drama. O lana ata mulimuli ma sili ona lauiloa, "The Ten Commandments" (1956), na filifilia foi mo le Best Picture Academy Award, o le lona valu lea o ata sili ona maualuga i taimi uma, ua fetuunai mo le tau o le tau. I le faaopoopo atu i lana Best Picture Awards, na ia maua ai se Academy Honorary Award mo ana saofaga i ata tifaga, o le Palme d'Or (posthumously) mo le "Union Pacific" (1939), o le DGA Award mo le Lifetime Achievement, ma le Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award. O ia o le tagata muamua na mauaina le Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award, lea na faaigoaina i lona mamalu. O le talaaga o DeMille o se tagata fai ata tifaga ua tuputupu aʻe i le aluga o taimi ma o lana galuega na aʻafia ai le tele o isi ata ma faatonu.