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...Samson and Delilah" is obviously supposed to be something special. It starts off with a three minute overture against a blank screen (tinted royal blue), and the management bilks you out of a buck and a quarter to get in. In addition, the whole shebang is filmed in "glorious technicolor with a cast of thousands." Certain of the scenes were actually taken in the Holy Land, and DeMille caused a huge cork temple to be built which was destroyed in the cosmic finale. Yet "Samson and Delilah" is in actuality merely pretentious and unusually dull...
There are, however, two excellent scenes--the first when Samson beats the bejabbers out of the whole Philistine army and the second when he pulls down the cork temple and precipitates a riot. The patrons also get very familiar with Hedy Lamarr's midriff by the time the picture ends, thanks to some most imaginative costuming. This is as it should...
...Samson and Delilah. A circus-lover's romp through the book of Judges under the guidance of Cecil B. DeMille; with Victor Mature and Hedy Lamarr (TIME...
...Samson and Delilah. A circus-lover's romp through the Book of Judges under the guidance of Cecil B. DeMille; with Victor Mature and Hedy Lamarr (TIME...
...Samson and Delilah. A circus-lover's romp through the Book of Judges under the guidance of Cecil B. DeMille; with Victor Mature and Hedy Lamarr (TIME...