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Word: samsons (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Hollywood usually bets big money when a sure thing comes along. One glance at the box-office receipts of such pictures as David and Bathsheba, Quo Vadis and Samson and Delilah proved that Biblical pictures pay off. What's more, according to Variety, the Biblical, or cast-of-thousands picture, is 1) ideal for wide-screen movies, and 2) appeals to older moviegoers who have recently been staying at home with their TVs. Variety reported last week that 13 big Bible stories were in the works...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Trend | 6/29/1953 | See Source »

...saloon brawl, spent three days in the hospital with a broken nose, cuts and bruises, bent ribs. In the early '20s Farnum made as much as $520,000 a year, lost $2,000,000 in the '29 crash, survived the transition to sound to play supporting roles (Samson and Delilah...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jun. 15, 1953 | 6/15/1953 | See Source »

After two months of perspiring effort to sell tickets, Atlanta's Junior League enjoyed a cultural triumph one night last week: 4,500 citizens turned out for a performance of Samson and Delilah by the touring Metropolitan Opera Company...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Opera Night In Atlanta | 5/11/1953 | See Source »

Divorced. By Hedy Lamarr, 38, Vienna-born screen beauty (Algiers, Samson and Delilah): her fourth husband, Ernest ("Ted") Stauffer, 44, Acapulco, Mex. nightclub owner; after less than two years of marriage, 14 months of separation; in Hollywood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Apr. 6, 1953 | 4/6/1953 | See Source »

Metropolitan Opera (Sat. 2 p.m., ABC). Samson and Delilah, with Stevens, Vinay...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RADIO: Program Preview, Mar. 16, 1953 | 3/16/1953 | See Source »

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