I watched SB a few weeks ago and I don't recall Wilcoxon in the
movie. He may be in teh S&D scene they're shooting, where you can
barely see anyone. However, for those that don't know, Wilcoxon was
something of a right hand man to DeMille and was an associate
producer for DeMille in the 40s-50s
At 08:33 PM 12/12/2010, Zeev Drach wrote:
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
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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]
Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2010 10:31 AM
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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.
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From: <mailto:lobb...@rogers.com>Zeev Drach
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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
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