Salome is a 1953 Biblical epic film made in technicolor by Columbia Pictures. It was directed by William Dieterle and produced by Buddy Adler from a screenplay by Harry Kleiner and Jesse Lasky Jr. The music score was by George Duning, the dance music by Daniele Amfitheatrof and the cinematography by Charles Lang. Hayworth's costumes by Jean Louis. Hayworth's dances for this film were choreographed by Valerie Bettis. This film was the last produced by Hayworth's production company, the Beckworth Corpo
a long, illustrious pedigree, going all the way back to the New Testament, in which she danced her dance—didn’t she? Or didn’t she?
Ah, yes, Salome may be a stripteaser, but she’s a Biblical stripteaser. Only she isn’t. Not really. At least, no one knows for sure. That is to say, someone in the Bible dances before King Herod and, in return, is given the head of John the Baptist. Beyond that, no one can say. What many folks (including classic movie fans) may not know is that Salome, in spite of her fame (or, maybe, infamy), makes only three brief appearances in the Bible, and in two of them she’s not named at all. In both Matthew 14:6 and Mark 6:22, she’s merely identified as the daughter of Herodias, the wife of King Herod. In the third instance, in Mark 15:40, a woman named Salome is one of Jesus’ disciples attendant at the Crucifixion, but there’s nothing to link this individual to Herod’s court. What’s more, the lady who dances for Herod merely dances; there’s no mention of any clothing removed. And the one who has it in for the Baptist is Herodias herself; when Herod offers the daughter anything she wants in return for her dancing, the dutiful girl consults Mom, who instructs her to ask for the Baptist’s head. End of story.
根據《聖經 · 新約》記載：
那時，分封的王希律聽見耶穌的名聲，就對臣僕說：「這是施洗的約翰從死裡復活，所以這些異能從他裡面發出來。」起先希律為他兄弟腓力的妻子希羅底的緣故，把約翰捉住鎖在監裡 。因為約翰曾對他說：「你娶這婦人是不合理的。」希律就想要殺他，只是怕百姓，因為他們以約翰為先知。到了希律的生日，希羅底的女兒在眾人面前跳舞，使希律歡喜。希律就起誓，應許隨她所求的給她。女兒被母親所使，就說：「請把施洗約翰的頭放在盤子裡，拿來給我。」王便憂愁，但因他所起的誓，又因同席的人，就吩咐給她。於是打發人去，在監裡斬了約翰，把頭放在盤子裡，拿來給了女子，女子拿去給她母親。約翰的門徒來，把屍首領去埋葬了，就去告訴耶穌。（《新約·馬太福音》14:1-12，和合本）
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莎樂美的舞蹈有各式各樣的版本演出除了電影之外尚有可為的舞台劇歌舞劇以及片面的話舞蹈表演.讀者選擇1953年的電影版本供讀者參考本片比較符合聖經的記載而且實際在以色列古蹟加利利拍攝場面盛況空前無論是服裝道具基本上都是力求原始出現投資成本將近1億美元創造出4.75億美元的票房收入演員角色一流是當時好萊塢的重頭戲女主角RH更是風華絕代的演出.其他的電影公司在以後的20年內相繼承人拍攝同名的電影但是始終無法超越1953年的SALOME.
《莎樂美》（德語：»Salome«，作品號五十四）是理察·史特勞斯作曲並作詞一套單幕德語歌劇。該劇腳本是基於奧斯卡·王爾德同名法語戲劇的赫德維希·拉赫曼（Hedwig Lachmann）德語譯本改編而成的。1905年12月9日首演於德勒斯登的宮廷歌劇院。
該劇最為世人熟悉的段落，也是上演初年最為臭名昭著的，便是女主角莎樂美的｢七層紗之舞(Tanz der sieben Schleier)｣。而當今更著名便是更為驚人的最後一幕，呈現莎樂美熱情地親吻起施洗者約翰斷頭上的嘴唇。這一段今日已成為戲劇女高音的音樂會常用曲目，而全劇也是各大歌劇院的經典保留劇目，市面也有不同錄音的版本售賣。
Although based on the New Testament story, the film does not follow the biblical text. In Galilee, during the rule of Rome's Tiberius Caesar (Cedric Hardwicke), King Herod (Charles Laughton) and Queen Herodias (Judith Anderson) sit on the throne and are condemned by a prophet known as John the Baptist (Alan Badel). Herodias resents John's denunciation of her marriage to the king, her former husband's brother, and the Baptist's claim that she is an adulteress. The king is not pleased with the Baptist condemning his rule, but fears a slow and agonizing death that his father, the elder Herod, suffered after ordering the murder of firstborn males when Jesus was born. The prophecy states that if Herod kills the Messiah, he will suffer and die. The king believes John the Baptist is the Messiah because of the mistaken belief of some peasants.
