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Samson
Also known as {Samson and Deliliah}
(1914) American
B&W : Six reels
Directed by J. Farrell MacDonald

Cast: J. Warren Kerrigan [Samson], George Periolat [Manoah, Samson’s father], Lule Warrenton [Manoah’s wife], Kathleen Kerrigan [Delilah], Edith Bostwick [Zorah, Samson’s wife], Rose Gibbons [Zorah’s sister], Cleo Madison [Jamin the Philistine], William Worthington [Ladal], Marion Emmons [a Philistine boy], Harold Lloyd [extra], Hal Roach [extra], Frank Borzage [extra]

The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated [Universal Special Features]. / Scenario by James Dayton, from “The Book of Judges, XIII-XVI” in the Old Testament of the Holy Bible. / Released 30 April 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format.

Drama: Historical.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain.

Listing updated: 17 September 2008.

References: Reilly-Lloyd p. 14; Tarbox-Lost pp. 203, 205 : Website-AFI; Website-Lloyd.