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Samson and Delilah. A circus-lover's romp through the Book of Judges under the gaudy guidance of Cecil B. DeMille; with Victor Mature and Hedy Lamarr (TIME...
Rain had been beating down on the country around Thousand Oaks, Calif, for three days. At Louis Goebel's Wild Animal Farm it turned the grounds to hay-littered mud, dripped from red circus wagons, blew coldly through a rusty cage in which two shaggy lions paced and turned. The lions were not exercised while the rain fell-they were mean cats, and overage (4½ years old) for training, and the bad weather made them sullen and difficult...
...training cage to put them through their paces. They were still moody. But no cat, big or little, scared auburn-haired May Schafer, 42; there was only a little exaggeration in the billboards which proclaimed her "the most fearless woman alive." May, who had once performed with the Ringling Circus, needed money, and had to get her new lion act on the road as soon as possible...
...filmed his spectacular scenes with technical virtuosity and boundless gusto. Even lovers of cinematic art who recognize Samson and Delilah as a run-of-DeMille epic should enjoy it as a simple-minded spree. In its way, it is as much fun as a robust, well-organized circus...
...Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now, When My Baby Smiles at Me) which at best gives them the pleasant frenzy of a circus calliope. But this one seems to take all the wrong paths. Even the Technicolor scenes are draped with heavy shadows that obscure the more interesting characters. The best that can be said of the show is that Gale Robbins and June Haver, both pleasant to look at, do some nice singing and dancing, whenever they get the chance...