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There was more noise made about this one than about almost any film since "Samson and Delilah." This is the one billboards and match covers have been booming as "A most unusual motion picture," a statement I won't dispute. But when the ads go on to peg it as a certain successor to "The Lost Weekend" in the Oscar department, then I must beg to differ...
...each day. The course was heavy with subjects like first aid, military sanitation, treatment of chemical warfare casualties. But it also included large doses of combat intelligence, map reading and military courtesy. In addition, there was "character guidance" under such headings as "Beware of Delilah's Charms," and "The Christian Soldier-All God, Not a Gold Bricker...
...told her [Jean] that the plaintiff [Esther] thought there were a few drops in the orange [Louis] left to squeeze, and that she [Esther] wanted more money." Jean Starr, 64, testified that Untermeyer had told her: "[Esther] has threatened to bring the temple down about my ears the way Delilah did with Samson." As well as any man could, Untermeyer summed up the situation: "I admit that my whole state of mind is one of confusion...
...Samson and Delilah (Paramount...
...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...