Samson and Delilah (1949)
Country: US
Technical: col 128m
Director: Cecil B. De Mille
Cast: Hedy Lamarr, Victor Mature, George Sanders, Henry Wilcoxon, Angela Lansbury
Synopsis:
Samson slays no end of Philistines in defence of his people, until his secret is betrayed to his enemies by the woman he once scorned.
Review:
As a critic once said, you cannot ignore De Mille: he is so forthright, so persuasive! True, the dialogue and acting here (except for Sanders) are pretty wooden, but the scenes where Mature gets mad and bloodthirsty are uncompromising in a way silent movies used to be, and the director got away with it because of his religious subjects. Lamarr slinks around in a plethora of sumptuous costumes, and De Mille oversees and colour matches every detail of mise en scene in the crowd scenes; in glorious Technicolor it is like the pages of a children's Bible come to life, which is what he wanted.
Country: US
Technical: col 128m
Director: Cecil B. De Mille
Cast: Hedy Lamarr, Victor Mature, George Sanders, Henry Wilcoxon, Angela Lansbury
Synopsis:
Samson slays no end of Philistines in defence of his people, until his secret is betrayed to his enemies by the woman he once scorned.
Review:
As a critic once said, you cannot ignore De Mille: he is so forthright, so persuasive! True, the dialogue and acting here (except for Sanders) are pretty wooden, but the scenes where Mature gets mad and bloodthirsty are uncompromising in a way silent movies used to be, and the director got away with it because of his religious subjects. Lamarr slinks around in a plethora of sumptuous costumes, and De Mille oversees and colour matches every detail of mise en scene in the crowd scenes; in glorious Technicolor it is like the pages of a children's Bible come to life, which is what he wanted.
Country: US
Technical: col 128m
Director: Cecil B. De Mille
Cast: Hedy Lamarr, Victor Mature, George Sanders, Henry Wilcoxon, Angela Lansbury
Synopsis:
Samson slays no end of Philistines in defence of his people, until his secret is betrayed to his enemies by the woman he once scorned.
Review:
As a critic once said, you cannot ignore De Mille: he is so forthright, so persuasive! True, the dialogue and acting here (except for Sanders) are pretty wooden, but the scenes where Mature gets mad and bloodthirsty are uncompromising in a way silent movies used to be, and the director got away with it because of his religious subjects. Lamarr slinks around in a plethora of sumptuous costumes, and De Mille oversees and colour matches every detail of mise en scene in the crowd scenes; in glorious Technicolor it is like the pages of a children's Bible come to life, which is what he wanted.