Samson and Delilah (1949 film)

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biblical epic film film romantic drama film

Samson and Delilah (1949 film) is a Technicolor biblical epic romance directed by Cecil B. DeMille that dramatizes the Old Testament story of the strongman Samson and his betrayal by the seductive Delilah.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Samson;Victor Mature 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical epic film ⓘ
film ⓘ
romantic drama film ⓘ
artDirectionBy Hans Dreier ⓘ
Walter H. Tyler ⓘ
basedOn Biblical story of Samson and Delilah ⓘ
Judges ⓘ
surface form: Book of Judges
characterPortrayedBy Delilah;Hedy Lamarr ⓘ
Samson and Delilah (1949 film) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Samson;Victor Mature

Saran of Gaza;George Sanders ⓘ
Angela Lansbury ⓘ
surface form: Semadar;Angela Lansbury
cinematographyBy George Barnes ⓘ
colorProcess Technicolor ⓘ
costumeDesignBy Edith Head ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Cecil B. DeMille ⓘ
distributor Paramount Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Anne Bauchens ⓘ
filmRatingSystem Production Code era ⓘ
genre biblical epic ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
romance film ⓘ
hasFormat feature film ⓘ
mainCharacter Delilah ⓘ
Samson ⓘ
musicBy Victor Young ⓘ
narrativeLocation Gaza City ⓘ
surface form: Gaza

Valley of Sorek ⓘ
notableFor lavish production design ⓘ
special effects in temple destruction sequence ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portrays Delilah ⓘ
Philistines ⓘ
Samson ⓘ
producer Cecil B. DeMille ⓘ
productionCompany Cecil B. DeMille Productions ⓘ
Paramount Pictures ⓘ
releaseDecade 1940s ⓘ
releaseYear 1949 ⓘ
runningTimeMinutes 128 ⓘ
setInPeriod Biblical times ⓘ
setInRegion Ancient Israel ⓘ
stars Angela Lansbury ⓘ
George Sanders ⓘ
Hedy Lamarr ⓘ
Henry Wilcoxon ⓘ
Victor Mature ⓘ
subject Bible ⓘ
surface form: Old Testament

betrayal ⓘ
religious faith ⓘ
romantic love ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Samson and Delilah (1949 film) → characterPortrayedBy → Samson and Delilah (1949 film) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Samson;Victor Mature
Cecil B. DeMille → notableWork → Samson and Delilah (1949 film) ⓘ