Samson and Delilah (1949) (Cecil B. DeMille\'s Samson and Delilah)

Jazz Age Sexy Bible Moves

“I guess I must have watched this before joining this site, so this review isn’t fresh, but I think I can do it anyway. You certainly forget a lot of what’s in the Bible when you think that Dickens wrote it, you know. (You’re defs NOT supposed to think that Shakespeare wrote it—Dickens, that’s the stereotype!) Anyway, it was kinda a fun movie—tough rough guy; pretty, manipulative girl. I remember it as being sorta middle-misogynist, you know, very kinda 40s, and informed by that ancient past. A lot of that does have to do with the way people end of looking at each other after rough sex, although, again, it’s certainly the 40s, and not equal-opportunity put-downs (as unnecessary and shaming as that is, as well). Obviously it has value for displaying what people thought of love ” read more