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Paramount Pictures, 1949. Mimeographed manuscript, screenplay by Jesse L. Lasky, Jr. and Fredric M. Frank, 186 pp (divided into 6 parts, A-F), dated September 7, 1948 and signed ("Jesse L. Lasky Jr.") to title page, with blue revision pages dated as late as September 30, 1948, bound in morocco leather with "Samson and Delilah" and "Jesse L. Lasky, Jr." embossed in gilt to cover and "Samson and Delilah" embossed in gilt to spine. The screenplay is also signed by many members of the cast including Henry Wilcoxon, Hedy Lamarr (who writes, "I hope I do justice to your Delilah," an inscription Lasky makes reference to in his autobiography), Julia Faye, Olive Deering (with a small photo of her and Lasky mounted to page), and more. The script is heavy with Lasky's corrections, dialogue changes, and quick sketches, as well as the red-penciled underlines and commentary by director Cecil B. DeMille, who states in one note, "Jesse–Samson has lost his character again." Samson and Delilah is a biblical epic starring Victor Mature and Hedy Lamarr, a tale which DeMille considered the greatest love story ever told. The film was every inch a DeMille film, complete with lavish costumes (the famous Delilah peacock gown), a fight with a lion (and sometimes just the lion skin!), and the final destructive result of cutting Samson's hair, among other adventures. Accompanied by a copy of Hollywood Royalty: A Family in Film by Pat Silver-Lasky. Provenance: Pat Silver-Lasky. 8.5 x 11 in.