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Samson and Delilah / Paramount Pictures ; screenplay, Jesse L. Lasky, Jr. and Frederic Frank ; produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille.
LIBRA DVD 027 389
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- French
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Samson (Biblical judge)--Drama.
- Samson.
- Delilah (Biblical figure)--Drama.
- Delilah.
- Delilah (Biblical figure).
- Samson (Biblical judge).
- Feature films.
- Film adaptations.
- Video recordings.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- DVD-Video discs.
- Genre:
- Bible films.
- Feature films.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Drama.
- Fiction films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (133 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- 4 3/4 in.
- Production:
- [Hollywood, Calif.] : Paramount, [1949]
- Place of Publication:
- [Hollywood, Calif.] : Paramount, [2013]
- Language Note:
- English, French or Spanish dialogue; Spanish, English or French subtitles.
- Closed-captioned.
- System Details:
- DVD; full screen; Dolby digital mono.
- digital optical mono Dolby Digital
- full screen version
- video file DVD video region 1
- Summary:
- Journey through time to a gloriously extravagant Biblical setting of lust, violence, and betrayal in this meticulously restored Oscar-winning classic from legendary filmmaker Cecil B. DeMille. Victor Mature flexes his muscles through such scenes as Samson's barehanded battle with a lion, a single-handed assault on a thousand Philistine soldiers and the spectacular climax where he pulls down the pagan temple.
- Participant:
- George Sanders, Angela Lansbury, Victor Mature, Henry Wilcoxon, Hedy Lamarr.
- Credits:
- Story development, Harold Lamb ; screenplay, Jesse L. Lasky Jr., Fredric M. Frank ; cinematography, George Barnes ; editor, Anne Bauchens ; music, Victor Young.
- Notes:
- Based upon the history of Samson and Delilah in the Holy Bible, Judges: 13-16.
- Originally produced as a motion picture in 1949.
- Title from disc label.
- ISBN:
- 141577000X
- 9781415770009
- OCLC:
- 828633700
- Publisher Number:
- 097360501049
- 097360501063
- 05010 Paramount
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