9. Lamarr's greatest film success came after the war, in a 1949 biblical epic by Cecil B. DeMille. Ripped from the pages of the Book of Judges, the story concerned a Hebrew strongman betrayed by his Philistine lover. What was Lamarr's role?
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Answer:
Delilah in "Samson and Delilah"
The story of Samson and Delilah is simple and powerful. Samson, the physically strong man who judges Israel, is feared by the Philistines, who use his lover Delilah to discover the secret of his strength. (It's all in a good head of hair, apparently.) Blinded, bound, and desperate for revenge, Samson literally brings down the house in the final act.
Lamarr -- beautiful, exotic, mysterious -- was widely regarded as perfect for the role. DeMille reportedly hand-collected some 1900 peacock feathers for the train of one of her elaborate costumes -- and then had the feathers retouched to add more color! No wonder the film, which cost a then-amazing $3 million to make, received Oscars for color costumes and color set direction.
"The Ten Commandments" (1923, 1956) and "King of Kings" (1927) really were DeMille Bible epics, but Lamarr was not involved in those films.
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