The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1950-01-26

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MUGGSY. THE MOVIE CRITIC
r JUST SEEN SAMSON and Hedy
l Delilah, which is the movie of
the year in size. costumes. drama
and peacock fans and I ache in
every muscle. Now l know why
Gargantua died down at Sarasota.
He seen Victure Mature in a pre-
view of this picture and he knew he
was washed up.
I never seen no movie which
had more action or more peo-
pie in it, except maybe a news
reel of the crowds in Times
Square election night. Cecil De-
Mile who done wonderful mob
pictures years ago is the same
wizard and he has the hand
that has not lost its touch, ex-
cept maybe with lions. There is
a hair raising scene where
Samson wrestles lion with no
rules Of a state athletic COM
mission to protect him, and he
kills the lion with his bare
hands. The direction was a lit
tie bad. I got the idea Mature
had the lion out a couple Of
times, but I guess there was
horn on the play the first time.
The second time there was q
illegal substitution.
Anyhow a fight between a lion
and a man is a five-star special
with me and as this one was in
Technicolor it was like me being
right in the ring with waterbuck-
ct. was in the lions corner on ac-
count of I knew it was all fixed in
the script so he had no chance and
got so excited I almost tossed in
the towel. but the best Hollywood
actor won and the lion had no bust
ness in the same ring with Mature
and Hedy Lamar anyhow. Just
the same, if I was lion and was
matched with Mature I would of
fought him different.
I am not knocking Mature.
What he does in this picture
would make piker out of even
Bernarr MacFadden in his
prime. In the Bible story,
which Jesse Lasky, Jr. and
Freddie Frank have fixed all
over for the popcorn trade,
Samson was a strong man who
did wonders. but Mature makes
them look easy and the close
ups of muscles are extra good.
There is a big switch in the De-
lilah story. In the Bible story which
Is good enough for me. this dame
is a combination Of Mae West,
Gravel Gertie and a Democratic
reply to a Republican statement Of
policy. She is tough all the way,
with no detours. This would not do
in no Hollywood script. even on
Bible authority. So Delilah Is made
a nice girl who had Samson's hair
cut by mistake and reforms. quit
ting the haircut and shave field en-
tirely and ending up nuts about
him and his jawbone.
I was afraid they would put a
sweater on Delilah, but they did
not. It was not necessary. I could
tell it was Hedy all along.
Still I am going a second time as
1t is a picture you don't see every
day. It is worth the money just to
see so many boards, suits of mail,
spear bearers. peacock feathers.
and muscles all in Technicolor.
Also after Samson fights a lion,
Stays 1000 Philistines and demol-
ishes a temple. it is nice to have a
stage show thrown in with nobody
fighting and not a jawbone in the
joint.
"Alaine White, frequently seen
with Gable. said, 'Golly. I can't
picture her as his wife. Gabe's
been doing lot OF motorcycling
lately. That must've done it,
News item.
Y'mean> the sharp turns or the
jolts?
Shudda Haddim seconds a recent
suggestion of Joe Palmer that the
all-level blanket system of old-age
pensions be extended to horse play
ers. IF a guy who has tried to
make Twin playin' them gallop-
ers all his life amt in bad shape
and an object for pity and first aid
I dunno who is" he declares. "And
don't tell me he amt that way
through hard work. :
.
The Shudda Haddin pension plan
calls for pensions for horse players
at so. "He Is really IS when he is
only So" he explains. Il have
known a lot Of players who have
been 65 before they was 30, in fact.
Furthermore, If he gets 5000 a