Samson and Delilah

Resource Information

The work Samson and Delilah represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Samson and Delilah

Statement of responsibility

Cecil B. Demille's ; screenplay by Jesse L. Lasky, Jr. and Frederic Frank ; produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille

Creator

• Samson and Delilah (Motion picture : 1949)

Contributor

• Young, Victor, 1900-1956
• Paramount Pictures, Inc
• Barnes, George, 1892-1953
• DeMille, Cecil B., (Cecil Blount), 1881-1959
• Frank, Fredric M., (Fredric Maurice), 1911-1977
• trueJabotinsky, Vladimir, 1880-1940
• Lamarr, Hedy, 1913-2000
• Lamb, Harold, 1892-1962
• Lansbury, Angela, 1925-
• Lasky, Jesse L., Jr., 1910-1988
• Mature, Victor
• trueSanders, George, 1906-1972
• Wilcoxon, Henry, 1905-1984

Actor

• Wilcoxon, Henry, 1905-1984
• trueSanders, George, 1906-1972
• Mature, Victor
• Lansbury, Angela, 1925-
• Lamarr, Hedy, 1913-2000

Composer

• Young, Victor, 1900-1956

Director of photography

• Barnes, George, 1892-1953

Film director

• DeMille, Cecil B., (Cecil Blount), 1881-1959

Film producer

• DeMille, Cecil B., (Cecil Blount), 1881-1959

Production company

• Paramount Pictures, Inc

Screenwriter

• Frank, Fredric M., (Fredric Maurice), 1911-1977
• Lasky, Jesse L., Jr., 1910-1988
• Lamb, Harold, 1892-1962

Subject

• Feature films
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Film adaptations
• Film adaptations
• Historical films
• Historical films
• Samson, (Biblical judge)
• Samson, (Biblical judge) -- Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Fiction films
• Action and adventure films
• Action and adventure films
• Bible films
• Bible films
• Biographical films
• Biographical films
• Delilah, (Biblical figure)
• Delilah, (Biblical figure) -- Drama
• Drama

Genre

• Action and adventure films
• Film adaptations
• trueDrama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Feature films
• Biographical films
• Historical films
• Fiction films
• Bible films

Language

• eng
• eng
• fre
• spa
• por
• spa
• por
• fre
• eng
• eng

Summary

When strongman Samson rejects the love of the beautiful Philistine woman Delilah, she seeks vengeance that brings horrible consequences they both regret. Produced in the glorious style that made the name C.B. DeMille virtually synonymous with Old Testament epics

Member of

• Bible, Judges

Awards note

Academy Awards, 1950: Best art direction, color (art direction: Hans Dreier, Walter Tyler ; set decoration: Sam Comer, Ray Moyer) ; Best costume design, color (Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins, Elois Jenssen, Gile Steele, Gwen Wakeling)

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Story development, Harold Lamb ; screenplay, Jesse L. Lasky Jr., Fredric M. Frank ; cinematography, George Barnes ; editor, Anne Bauchens ; music, Victor Young

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: Not rated

Language note

English, French, Spanish or Portuguese dialogue; Spanish, Portuguese, French or English subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing

LC call number

PN1997

LC item number

.S36 2014

PerformerNote

Victor Mature, Hedy Lamarr, George Sanders, Angela Lansbury, Henry Wilcoxon

Runtime

133

Technique

live action