1950-10-07 — Page 4

LEE Liberty

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THE WORLD'S GREATEST LOVE STORY!

SEE Samson

tricked by Delilah! Crail B. DeMilles Masterpièce

Samson and Delilah

Colur by TECHNICOLOR

HEDY LAMARR VICTOR MATURE: GEORGE SANDERS

ANGELA LANSBURY HENRY WILCOXON

Produced and Directed by Cecil B. BaMille

beer of men and Delilah is ine Pair Mála, Ludera 11:30

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SEE Samson fight

a lion bare-handed!

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It's

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a colossal epic out of the Book of Judges

"DeMille, who loves to unite romance and religion

on the screen, has found the perfect plot in the story of Samson and Delllah. In full measure and overflowing, the story is in Chapters 13 to 16 of the Book of Judges, so full of hate, passion, frailty, treachery, murder and violence that even Biblical scholars have been said to question its place in the Holy Book.

"But the story is there and DeMille has taken full advantage of it, with enthusinsm...

So have tho Lee and Liberty Theatres which are being booked full for the evening performances by early afternoon for titis Intest of DeMille's epics from the best-selling book in the world.

The paragraphs the lead to

that supply thl review are iaken from Paramount Pictures'

advance publicity on this eple

Epic pains

DeMille took alor with this story, one of the few that he

The cilmax is slowly bulit up and not an effect is missed, not a scene waste. The festivities before the sacrifice in all their barbarte splendour are minutely outlined. Everything parish and spectacular that could be confirmed by archaeological evidence

or built up out of DeMille's fruitful Imagination is rolled up.

Logical enough

If the picture will not remain

д

of a fabulously strong Israelite in the memory of those who see who fell to tho wiles of ait for anything else, the logical fabulously beadut Pantsune. manner in which the temple is

polled down ever will. Not scene that could have accom- ponied such

man-made cataclysm is missed and the asks audience not to miss. It rest lovingly on the.

in Technicolour and

details. settings are as gaudy as genera- best. Those who have seen the As a film it le not DeMille's tions of estrators of Hible Bible stories of silent films in

tories for children have

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the

sociated with how the Israeille teir epis tons may argue that and Philistine world lived,

sapio effect is better Chan as a medium for Teclinicolour Nor.

Land, Holy L

eple effect, however, the

Yet neither Mature

Weissmuller, who could have

done just

.

well

Samson by

the

For

SAMSON AND DELILAH

ue, has ever produced. They BRITAIN HAS PRACTICALLY

and is more experienced at picture's last few minutes are lighting lions, fit into the pat- the best that DeMille, or any- tern. For the role of Samen, are, indeed, colossal, stupendous, the geufal Victor ia rather nature where the effect on man agileent and whatever other ndjectives the trailers muy $3.50 of passing centuries Kork No think up.

men, he

maiter the make-up 2.40 still looks a typleni New York 1.50 boy

one would sooner expect 10 meet in the Bronx or Brooklyn.

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In one respect Mature fits in- to the role. He looks as much

the riddle-offering smart aleck

as the Book of Judges makes Samson out to be.

That Samson could have fallen In to profound desire for Delilah seems logical enough | when one views that which is

more beautiful than the moon over Zorah or the starllt waters ef the Jordan-Hedy Lamarr,

MIT.

Background

NO GENUINE FILM STARS Says Harold. Conway

For years British studios have been trying to build up new film stars on the Holly-

ink

point: are British bms suffer- because this star-policy they are doing excellently with has collapsed? Not at all

to Samson wood model glamourised ut th: big names.

& to Delilah

SAMSON

He was

and over-publicised as {0}} insurance against the pic- tures being bad.

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Culled from biographical

So inconsistent, misguided material supplied through efforts proved that today jand ineffective have these the courtesy of Paramount Britain has practically no It is a debatable point that Pictures: the original Delilah looked any-

genuine film stars at all. thing like this beauty trum

We have rare sinr-appear- Vienna, Had DeMille

(Victor Mature) been reeking

ances "Vic set Histrionic don blue years ago, genuine

by Margaret Lock- a course for star-wood and Phyllis Calvert, talent to do well by Delilah, he fresh from "Lady in the Dark" by artists like Olivier and could have given Bette Davis over to the make-up men and Broadway, and barely known Celia Johnson. We have they could have turned out allywood. He set out on a periodic returns of Holly- raven-haired example of Phili

self- tine attraction that would, per-

wood-based British actors: that haps, have not been

Mature and many fine performances as fresh a breeze wafted from Hebron

of star standing. but would have left one more convincingly intoxicated with dramatic

punch.

*** her most dramatic,

of

prove

programme Hollywood glorification to

without was an ulurdily.

"He plays his roles straight |

But where are the regu- and

sincere. "I'm playinglar, proved stars, whose Samison the same way," he says. "Folks Kel the ides that Samson names will draw the public Viennes

brute, a kind of Muscular to any film? accent

Their value which is

The worse than the

way Mr has been dissipated in tuo as him figured-and I American accent of the Philis-

many bad seripts, too many fues. The choice of Mature isagree-he was a big

big guy with One spectacular failing he had wanderings off into other could associate with de Biblical eye for a girl. He was both entertainment fields. too

judge and a fool, a guy with much heart as soft as a kitten and their pictures

nervous hiding of from the

even

qlso open to

criticisin

C more dour per-

ment."

u all there is no as big as his chest suggestion that Samson

was anywhere in the nature of LL Goliath, Nor is there one that he was a gym-trained health boy.

Rock thrower.

in

DELILAH

measure-

(Hedy Lamarr) "Hedy was picked by DeMine for the role of the

Philistine seen her beauty, Delilah, Inter he had Tondeleya In

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One can even accept him as father small

slature. While Cargo," toughened from throwing rocks

"Anyone who has seen her at passing wolves that snarled

mirceas Delilah knows she is

the 1100

at his sheep. It is not impossible unsettling eyeful us

£421

to imagine Edward G, Robinson, 15. C. trollop who gives a chimp

could the make-up department

name of Samson a very rough

make young

"Though claim a Philistine bride, in the customed

frugal, she is e- role. There Is

to Juxury-usunity suggestion in

weare a single Judges that Sanson was still

Strand pear! young when he performed his ecklace for sport...can't dance

the feats of strength and havoc.

rhumba or the La Conga, The question

American is - would

sricht become Robinson and Davis, who could sophisticated in life too early," have

she says....Hedy knows made a much better value of a dollar, dramatle job of the story, draw

Her chet the ramme crowds that are pack-

concern is security." ing the Lee and Liberty Theatres?

him look sufliciently to be on his way to time of it.

way to

Old Man DeMille is a much unarter picture-maker than to have taken such a risk. With

At 2.30, 5.30.Robinson and Davis he may

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have drawa appreciative plaudits from cities in tha zophisticated le magazines. With Mature and Lamarr hin draws in the shricels.

Illustrations

IP's even Gaid that future editions of Bible stories for children will have the Season and Delilah chaper illustrated by Mr Delille's permission- from this vehicle of vehicles for Mature and Lamarr, this most spectacular and terrific, colossal film eple out of the Book nt Judges.

One has lo admit that DeMille can really turn out a scene that Is colossal, stupendous, lestine, astounding, and whatever other words a trailer has ever claimed for a fun,

The scene In which Samson pulls down the lermple of Dagon bullt up with the hand of a mister epic-weaver. It may be said that DeMille rather hurried over the rest of the lim. It

is patchy enough though an

attempt Samson's story and his attrac Hon for Delilah more logical than the Book of Judges makes

Is made to make

It is after Samson is blinded and the picture starts on its last half-hour that the DeMille! genlus becomes truly discernible, i

DEMILLE

the

West End,

Above. all there

has been disastrously cheap publicity for some promising youngsters at carly a slaze in their cureers.

(In this discussion we will dir gard, not averlook, Anna Neagle, who is an exception to any rule.)

But here

is the significant

More Comfort

Patrons at the Lee Theatre may notice Dist It is a Mile more dimeult to hook a sent, especially in the Dress Circle. this is due to the fact that the theatre's seating arrangement is short of DJ chal.

The rats have been upholster- ed, with a rubber benè put in, and are now 22 inches wide. four more than

they

were formerly.

TAKES

PAINS

Veteran director Cecil B. DeMille, 67, demonstrates for a group of extras how to protect themselves with a

shield when a granite slab falls on them.

They made money

Think of some of the besi money

makers: "Whisky

"They Galore,"

Усто Not Divided," "The "The Wooden House," Happiest Days of Your Life- and tow "Seven Days Noon No top-line star name

Blue he

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any of them audiences have been flociting in because they want to ser good stories and dirction, not stars.

To put truth before gallan- try, it is a number of the pro- ductions with star names which have been doing poor business In the past year.

Pictures like "The Third Man" and "State Secret" have certainly contained some big- ish names, mostly imported. That was a box-offies safeguard for the American market. But, I guarantee that these thrillers would have been equally suc- ressful without any star in- fusions.

Here, then, Is a new, In- vigorating, element in British fm1 production. Producers c} { } now say: "This is a fine! story: who is the most suitable actress for the Trading role?" Irriend of: "Here we have Miss X under contract and

nothing: we

must And some story with a big star role for her.

doing

The

new way

promises a rauch higher standard ot picture to come and at a more economical cost,

£20.000 to £30,000 a your calories like the slars who could

once demand them-have vanished.

Som: of the

stars may not Jke it. But this change of picy will help them in the Tong run; for it should prove the saving of the industry.

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