Well, of course, it would be impossible to stump this esteemed panel. Richard, Michael, and undoubtedly others, have answered correctly, that the scene being shot was from Samson and Delilah.(I agree with Bruce, it's a great movie and I loved Mature in it, regardless of Franc's unkind remark).
Actually, Samson and Delilah was shown on TCM a few nights ago, and if you caught it then, it would be impossible not to spot and recognize Delilah's tent and the unusual Philistines helmets. The military head honcho, Ahtur, played by Henry Wilcoxon, had a unique helmet that fascinated me from the very first time that I saw the movie, way back in the early 50's. And sure enough, here he is again in Sunset Boulevard. He's the very last one to listed in the acting credits in IMDb. Zeev From: Richard Halegua Comic Art [mailto:sa...@comic-art.com] Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2010 3:38 PM To: Zeev Drach; MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] (MOPO) TRIVIA QUIZ oh c'mon.. does no one want to say it.. Samson and Delilah was the film, and seeing as it was released almost a year before Sunset Blvd, you have to wonder when SB was shot At 12:20 PM 12/12/2010, Zeev Drach wrote: Philip, I think you're mistaken about the Dance of the Seven Veils belonging in this story. This is a different Biblical temptress altogether. Zeev From: Phillip W. Ayling [ mailto:mro...@earthlink.net <mailto:mro...@earthlink.net> ] Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2010 10:31 AM To: Zeev Drach; MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] (MOPO) TRIVIA QUIZ In the most technical sense, Cecil B. DeMille was not working on a movie (as a Director) at the time he appeared in Sunset Boulevard. He was of course, involved in Pre-Production for other films and his next film as a Director wouldn't be until a few years later. During the time of the shoot he was in development for the film he would do with Burt Lancaster, The Greatest Show on Earth. The film set that was created for DeMille to be on for Sunset Boulevard was for a film that had wrapped almost a year earlier. The film was a big hit for DeMille and they were able to easily find the costumes and set pieces to re-create a small portion of the earlier DeMille film for the establishing shots that were needed for Sunset Boulevard. Rather than give the title away, I will just say that the Dance of the Seven Veils played a big part in the DeMille film. Before the Fred Astaire Stage closed at Paramount about 3 years ago I used to work on that stage all the time as that is where music scoring was done. The two adjacent stages are where much of the Stark Trek films and series were housed for a very long time.Older people around the lot referred to them as the DeMille stages and one of them even had his name on it until modern times had it replaced by Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek plaques. ----- Original Message ----- From: Zeev Drach <mailto:lobb...@rogers.com> To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2010 6:22 AM Subject: [MOPO] (MOPO) TRIVIA QUIZ The other day I watched, once again, Sunset Boulevard on TCM. There's a scene in the movie where Norma Desmond(Swanson) is paying a visit to Cecil B. DeMille, who's playing Himself. Gloria Swanson is paying a visit to an actual set, of an actual movie that was being filmed at the time. My question is: what is the movie that was being filmed? (looking up IMDb would give you more than a clue, so, no cheating) Zeev Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
