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Samson and Delilah Cecil B. DeMille has again dipped into the Bible for his material, made appropriately dramatic revisions in the original, and turned up with a DeMille-size smash.
In 1949, the biblical tale was told in the theatrical epic Samson and Delilah, which was later nominated for five Academy Awards, winning two. More than sixty years later, Paramount Home ...
Just in time for Easter, Cecil B. DeMille’s “Samson and Delilah” (1949) has finally made its very belated debut on DVD, while another popular ’40s religious epic whose style couldn’t ...
TWENTY years ago, when Cecil B. DeMille realized he could film the destruction of a Philistine temple better than anybody else, he cast about for a story that would lead up to so magnificent a climax.
A story of faith, temptation and tragedy will launch the fourth season of the Special Collections Motion Picture Archives Film series with a free showing of Cecil B. DeMille's "Samson and Delilah." ...
The San Diego Opera’s "Samson and Delilah" opens this weekend. Go behind the scenes to see what it takes to bring this Bible story to the stage. ... you know that Cecil B DeMille was involved.
Cecil B. DeMille's Samson and Delilah (1949) takes a relatively minor story and blows it up into an epic tale of betrayal and epically skimpy costumes.
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – When Moses descends from Mt. Sinai, the scene that greets Charlton Heston in “The Ten Commandments” is a great moment in cinema. Opera Grand Rapids with "Samson and ...
Cecil B. DeMille was one of the giants ... Best remembered today for screen spectacles such as "The Ten Commandments," "Samson and Delilah," and "The Greatest Show on Earth," DeMille was often ...
Unfortunately, this effort that all too clearly reveals its low budget is unlikely to erase anyone’s memories of Cecil B. DeMille’s Samson and Delilah or any other versions of the story.