 _Sunset Blvd. (1950)_ (qv) was also being filmed around Paramount at  the same time as this movie. In a scene where  Gloria Swanson (qv)s character Norma Desmond visits the sound  stage to see Cecil B. DeMille (qv), he was actually directing a  scene from "Samson and Delilah" and the actual cast members and crew  are seen taking a break from this feature.