Perhaps Esther Williams’ best known film, Million Dollar Mermaid tells the highly fictionalized life story of Australian swimmer Annette Kellerman. Things begin in Australia, where the young Annette (Donna Corcoran) is confined to leg braces. Her father, Frederick Kellerman (Walter…
[Note: Portions of this review appeared in an earlier DVD review of the film.] Less than a year after delivering Cecil B. DeMille’s Samson and Delilah on DVD with an impressive DVD transfer, Paramount has stepped up their game…
Overdone, gaudy, and deliciously entertaining, Samson and Delilah is the kind of epic Cecil B. DeMille (The Ten Commandments) thrived on. Nobody did sword and sandal epics better than he did, and in terms of entertainment value, Samson and Delilah…