YES, MR.DEMILLE (1959)

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216 Y<tf, Mr. DeMilk Remember that we haven t yet brought in the little sister in the Bible. She is the dominating force of that feast. She knows of the affair between the friend and her sister. You have to be careful you don't lose this younger sister for all time. She loves Samson, but if she knows Samson is being tricked, being hood- winked, lied to, made a clown... and she loves him and that's why she's doing it. Be very careful you don't come up with the kind of dame in Children s Hour. This sister has a great passion and sees the man she loves being made a fool of. You have a terrific driving force in this girl's love. It has to be the strongest thing we have ever seen. It's passion 3,000 years ago. Now, Sam- son feels it is safe to come back after he killed the thirty gentle- men. You can see the little sister getting ready for this. When Samson comes back and demands to see his wife, the little one knows her sister is married—given to the other guy—and the cat that ate the canary is nothing to this dame. As she looks at this guy she wants him more than ever, and now is her chance. And he* father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore 1 gave her to thy companion; is not her younger sister fairer than she? Take her, I pray thee, instead of her. That's the father's offer: take the younger sister who is prettier than the older sister. Now this is her moment, but he doesn't pay any attention to the little dame at all. He says, "Those sons of bitches married my girl off. You connived in it, Papa, and anything I do in your goddamn city is on your head." Looking for a minute at the younger daughter he evidently said, "Oh, nuts! Take that little thing away." So, all the little girl's plans, her ego, the new dress she had fixed and the manicure and the headdress—aD went phooey out into the gutter. I don't know what he said to her, maybe—"You little pigtailed rat 111 give you to my son." Anyway, it must have seared a white-hot poker through the kid's soul, so much so that it will motivate every- thing that follows in our story, ... and the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as -flax that was burnt with foe, and his bands loosed of his hands. You can see Doug Fairbanks or Superman all tied up.